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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Vassy looks smart on Irish debut

Sat 1st Jan 2022, 12:41

Allegorie De Vassy and Sean O'Keeffe jump the last Allegorie De Vassy and Sean O'Keeffe jump the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Allegorie De Vassy looked another smart recruit for Willie Mullins when running out an easy winner of the mares hurdle on her Irish debut at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

The French-import went to post a 4/7 shot in the two-mile-two contest and tracked the leaders under Sean O'Keeffe.

She moved up to challenge turning for home and jumped to the front at the penultimate flight.

The daughter of No Risk At All was big and bold when going clear at the last and went on to post an impressive 11-length success over Monishter Are Mwee

Assistant David Casey said:- “She's a grand big mare and she'll be a great mare to jump fences, the size of her.

“Sean said it was pretty straight-forward, she jumped brilliant. She had been working well at home and on her French ratings she was thrown in. She had all that experience coming from France.

“She's one that we think will improve away and she's definitely a nice mare to look forward to.”

Allegorie De Vassy was cut from 20/1 to 12/1 for the mares' novices' hurdle at Cheltenham by Paddy Power.

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.