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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Heaven too strong in opener

Wed 24th Jul 2013, 18:03

Sign From Heaven scores in styleSign From Heaven scores in style
© Photo Healy Racing

Sign From Heaven proved too hot to handle for her rivals as she made all for a cosy victory in the opening two-year-old maiden at Naas this evening.

Connor King bounced the 11/8 favourite out in front on the rail and she had the field at work passing the two pole.

The David Wachman-trained Raven's Pass filly was asked for an effort over a furlong out and kept on well to secure a comfortable three-and-a-half length victory.

Market rival Hurryupharriet (6/4) gave chase throughout but could not live with the winner while Wachman was also responsible for the third, debutant Amygdala

The winning trainer, who ran three (also fifth-placed Unravelled , said afterwards:-

“She'll be running in nurseries now. She had a bit of experience and being on the rail helped. Once again Connor gave her a good ride.”

The winner came into the race off a good run at Bellewstown, where she had just went down to Celtic Man by three-parts of a length.

There was plenty of drama before the start with Tuilelaith withdrawn after bolting and then unshipping Chris Hayes to run loose back around the track. The 25/1 was caught near the gates to the stable-yard.

Bay Hill also proved unruly in the preliminaries and had to be walked to the start by Fran Berry, before finishing last of eight.

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

1st
11/8Fav
Tote €2.80 €1.60
2nd
3.5L
6/4
€1.02
3rd
1.5L
11/2
€1.50
4th
1.75L
12/1
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.