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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Dilemma takes no Prisoner's over six

Fri 25th Mar 2022, 19:55

Prisoner's Dilemma and Donagh O'ConnorPrisoner's Dilemma and Donagh O'Connor
© Photo Healy Racing

The Johnny Levins-trained Prisoner's Dilemma swooped through in good style to run out a cosy winner of the six-furlong handicap at Dundalk this evening.

His stamina kicked in late on as the 11/2 shot powered ahead in the final furlong to settle matters.

Donagh O'Connor produced his mount on the outer to lead passing the furlong pole and he went on to post a two-and-a-quarter length win over Inflection Point

The winner had recorded his previous four career victories over seven furlongs.

Levins said: "He was very unlucky the last day, he had a very bad trip around the outside and he just got rolling a bit too early.

"We freshened him up and I'm delighted as I took a chance running him over six. There was no seven-furlong race for him and it was champions finals day and I really wanted to support it because it is a good thing. Well done to Jim (Martin) and his team for putting it on. I was keen to have a runner and took a chance and it paid off.

"I've learned that I have options now because he is not just a seven-furlong horse as I had him pigeonholed. We will look at six and seven-furlong races on the turf but as I alluded to the last time, I am targeting the Sovereign Path in Leopardstown on Champions Weekend.

"It was a very fast pace up front and he (Donagh) rode with a good clock in his head and picked up the pieces. I wouldn't get carried away with the distance, as the pace did fall away and he benefitted from a very good ride. He will run on Sunday (at Naas) under the 5lb penalty.

"We have about 18-20 horses for the new Flat season. We need to build a bit more but we are happy with how they are running."

(Quotes by Michael Graham)

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.