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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Spinner strikes on second outing

Sat 15th Apr 2017, 14:03

Gold Spinner beats Born To Play Gold Spinner beats Born To Play
© Photo Healy Racing

Gold Spinner stuck on gamely to open his account at the second time of asking in the opener at Cork this afternoon.

Ger Lyons' charge had shaped with promise on his debut on the opening day of the season at Naas when fifth behind Orderofthegarter.

He showed the benefit of that outing today as he was driven into the lead, by Colin Keane, a furlong-and-a-half from home in the mile maiden.

The Qatar Racing-owned son of Pivotal then held the late challenge of 11/4 favourite Born To Play inside the final furlong to record a neck success at odds of 4/1.

Shane Lyons said afterwards:-"We're very happy with that - he ran greener than we thought for one of ours at Naas but was always going to improve and again was a bit green today.

"He'll improve over a bit further but we're delighted he won over a mile today, knowing he wants further. He has a little bit of class and we like him.

"Colin said he doesn't want extremes of ground and we've nothing in mind for him next."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

1st
4/1
Tote €5.60 €1.80
2nd
nk
11/4Fav
€1.40
3rd
2.5L
6/1
€2.30
4th
1.75L
10/3
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.