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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Luxuriant looks smart on debut

Thu 18th Jul 2019, 20:51

Luxuriant and Oisin Orr Luxuriant and Oisin Orr
© Photo Healy Racing

The Dermot Weld-trained Luxuriant looks a filly with a bright future after making a winning debut in the nine-furlong maiden at Leopardstown tonight.

The daughter of Kingman went off the 11/4 joint-favourite having proven solid in the market.

Oisin Orr produced his mount to challenge front-runner Invitation at the furlong pole and she got on top in the closing stages to record a length success.

The other market leader Mudlahhim could only finish fifth.

“She did it nicely, did more or less what we expected,” said Weld of the Khalid Abdullah-owned filly.

“Oisin gave her a nice ride. I think there is nice improvement in her and hopefully she can develop in to a stakes filly.

“That trip is about right. She came there going very easy and saw it out nicely. She could probably come back to a mile or go another furlong but that's around about right.

“We'll look at either a winners race or a Listed race with her. She's a big big filly and I'm in no hurry with her. She's a filly that will even make a lovely four-year-old.”

1st
11/4JFav
Tote €3.30 €1.40
2nd
1L
7/1
€1.90
3rd
3.25L
4/1
€1.50
4th
4.75L
25/1
bf
hd
11/4JFav
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.