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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Favori has to fight in Limerick feature

Fri 19th Apr 2024, 19:19

Favori De Champdou and Jack Kennedy (far side) jump the last alongside Donacheady Gale Favori De Champdou and Jack Kennedy (far side) jump the last alongside Donacheady Gale
© Photo Healy Racing

The Gordon Elliott-trained Favori De Champdou was made to work hard to land the odds in the Hugh McMahon Memorial Novice Chase at Limerick this evening.

The 8/13 favourite made most of the running in the three-miler with Bella Bliss for company.

The latter looked to be travelling best as the favourite came off the bridle going to the second last fence.

It turned into a three-way battle before the final fence as Donacheady Gale challenged between the pair.

Jack Kennedy had to get serious with the hotpot to grab a narrow advantage on the run-in and the Gigginstown gelding was all out to score by a neck from Donacheady Gale at the line.

Kennedy said afterwards:- "He got a fall in the Irish National and jumped a bit carefully today. He was very careful and I wasn't able to go as quick as I would have liked on him but he got it done.

"It turned into a sprint down to the second last but he was going to outstay them."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

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.