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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Fortunes looks smart in Wexford bumper

Sat 20th May 2023, 17:41

World Of Fortunes and James KennyWorld Of Fortunes and James Kenny
© Photo Healy Racing

World Of Fortunes powered clear in the closing stages to run out an impressive winner of the concluding mares bumper at Wexford this afternoon.

The Liam Kenny-trained mare had been denied by the narrowest of margins at Tipperary on her debut last month and went to post a 6/1 shot today.

James Kenny, son of the trainer, sat behind the leaders, on the daughter of Soldier Of Fortune, before improving to dispute with half a mile to run.

She was sent for home turning in and opened up passing the furlong pole, going on to post a six-and-a-half length win over Familiar Dreams

The winning rider said afterwards:- "She is a lovely filly. We gave her a run in Tipperary where she was very unlucky. She was only beaten by a nose by one of Willie Mullins'.

“She seems to have improved a massive amount at home from that first run and she brought her homework to the track today.

"She is an exciting filly going forward. I think the owners are going to keep her. She is in a while now and probably deserves a little break before going over hurdles."

(Quotes by Donal Murphy)

About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.