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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Heirloom battles well to score

Wed 4th Sep 2013, 18:46

Heirloom gets better of ToddHeirloom gets better of Todd
© Photo Healy Racing

Heirloom battled gamely to land the spoils in the mile-and-a-half handicap at Gowran Park.

25/1 shot Todd cut out the running and, as has been the story of the night, the front-runner proved hard to peg back.

9/4 favourite Heirloom had to pull out all the stops to grab the leader inside the final furlong and record a length success under Joseph O'Brien.

The Ballydoyle colt was dropping back in trip here having been beaten when a short price for a 1m6f handicap at Leopardstown last time.

“I was very happy with him. He stays well and he handled the good ground,” said Joseph O'Brien afterwards.

(Additional reporting by Donal Murphy)

1st
2/1Fav
Tote €3.70 €1.80
2nd
1L
25/1
€6.40
3rd
2.5L
9/2
€1.40
4th
4.25L
11/1
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.