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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Max takes Cork feature in style

Sat 7th Jan 2023, 14:40

Lucky Max and Rob James Lucky Max and Rob James
© Photo Healy Racing

Lucky Max bolted up under Rob James to land the feature event at Cork this afternoon, the €22,000 handicap hurdle over two-and-a-half miles.

The Sean Doyle-trained gelding had won on both previous visits to the Mallow venue and made it a hat-trick with an easy victory today.

James held his mount up, on the outer, in mid-division before moving up to challenge three from home on the 15/8 favourite.

The Maxios gelding eased to the front before the penultimate flight and skipped clear before the last under a confident ride to secure an effortless six length victory over Takarengo

Winning owner Donnchadh Doyle said afterwards:- "His last couple of runs in Grade B handicaps were very good and we were hoping he'd do that today.

“He went through the ground lovely and Rob gave him a lovely ride and he jumped super. I wasn't afraid of the ground or the trip and he loves it around here.

"We'll have a look at the calendar and see what's coming up in the next few weeks."

It was a good 20 minutes for Donnchadh Doyle who had prepared Tolworth Hurdle winner Tahmuras to win his point-to-point.

(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.