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- Listed success for McCann with bargain buy Familiar Dreams
Mark Nunan
Listed success for McCann with bargain buy Familiar Dreams
Familiar Dreams
© Photo Healy Racing
Familiar Dreams completed a hat-trick of bumper wins when making all in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Total Enjoyment Mares Flat Race.
Aine O'Connor 's mount drew clear in the final furlong to beat 13/8 favourite Magic McColgan by five and a half lengths.
Anthony McCann, who trains the daughter of Postponed for the All Four Counties Syndicate, said: "I was very impressed with her the last day, the way she kicked on from them, and she was giving a lot of weight to the second horse.
“I'm very surprised she's still running in these same colours, I thought she would have been picked up the last day.
“My only fear going out was that someone said that Willie Mullins had been hitting the crossbar all day and he had two in this race. I said 'he's definitely going to do us here'!
“She was very good, she loves being out in front. She doesn't have to be out in front but she has a big stride and she just loves using it.
“I walked the track and was very afraid of the ground, I thought it was horrible tacky ground.
“As Oliver Brady used to say to me 'good horses go on any ground'.
“She's my first Listed winner and she's very good, she's special. I sourced her myself, I drove to Newmarket and picked her out. I own 20 percent of her as well.
“I'm getting the boat at 10.30 to go to Wolverhampton now as I have six runners on Monday and Tuesday.”
Quotes from Gary Carson