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- Kortez Bay strikes for Lavery
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Mark Nunan
Kortez Bay strikes for Lavery
Kortez Bay (second from right)
© Photo Healy Racing
Kortez Bay (7/2 co-fav) struck for the second time this season when landing the Fitzgerald´s Woodlands House Hotel Handicap under Gary Carroll.
The son of New Bay was dropped in towards the rear and got a lovely split between horses over a furlong out before heading Fleetfoot in the final 150 yards for a length-and-a-half success.
Sheila Lavery, who trains the winner for her niece Joanne Lavery, reflected: “He’s learning all the time and strengthening all the time. He’s starting to do everything right.
“We’re not there yet and I think there is still a lot of improvement in him. Down the line he could step up to a mile-and-a-half.
“I loved the way he travelled into the race and Gary said he just parked a bit in front.
“I wasn’t sure about the ground, but he settled pretty well which is the main thing.”
Quotes from Alan Magee
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