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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Standing Still progressing on return to action

Sun 24th Mar 2019, 17:07

Still Standing Still Standing
© Photo Healy Racing

Still Standing continued his progression on his return to action as he pulled clear late on to claim the Devoy Stakes in good style at Naas.

Jessica Harrington 's charge had won four of his seven outings last season and was sent off 9/4 favourite as he tackled Listed company for the first time on his comeback run.

Shane Foley 's mount claimed the front-runner Tiger Voice over a furlong from home and really started to motor in the closing stages as he recorded a three-and-a-half length winning margin. Hazel Bay stayed on to take second while one-time classic hope Amedeo Modigliani was third on his return from a long absence.

Harrington said:- “He just loves that ground. He still won last year on ground he hated. He hasn’t really had that ground since he won here as a two-year-old.

“He’s won a Listed race now, and he’ll come back here for the Alleged Stakes.

“He’s already won over a mile and three and we’d be quite happy to step up to a mile and a half.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
9/4Fav
Tote €2.80 €1.20
2nd
3.5L
11/4
€1.20
3rd
1.5L
11/4
€1.60
4th
1.25L
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.