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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

O'Brien trip to the beach proves worthwhile

Thu 4th Sep 2014, 16:32

Sister Slew and Joseph O'Brien Sister Slew and Joseph O'Brien
© Photo Healy Racing

Champion jockey Joseph O'Brien partnered his first winner on Laytown strand when Sister Slew took the Marquees Nationwide Claiming Race.

The Gordon Elliott-trained mare was sent off 9/4 favourite in the seven furlong contest and tracked the leaders in the early stages.

O'Brien sent her to the front going to the two pole and despite running around a touch in front she kept on strongly to post three-length success over Like Magic

“It's something different and it's nice to ride a winner here. Gordon was quite confident she would win today and he was spot on,” said O'Brien.

“She travelled away fine and probably got to the front a bit sooner than ideal but my rhythm was taking me there so I had to stay going.

“In fairness to her she stuck it out to the line.”

O'Brien revealed afterwards that Tramore is the only track that he has yet to partner a winner at in Ireland.

Sister Slew was claimed for €5,000 by Martin McManus, while Stoichkhov was reclaimed by connections for same price.

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

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.