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Furnace burns off rivals in Cork

Furnace Creek and Luke McAteer Furnace Creek and Luke McAteer
© Photo Healy Racing

The James Barrett-trained Furnace Creek produced a fine front-running performance to land the spoils in the opening six-furlong maiden at Cork this afternoon.

Luke McAteer bounced out in front on the Divine Prophet colt and he found plenty inside the final furlong to record a length-and-three-quarters victory over Relevant Range

The 9/2 shot had been second on his debut at Naas in March before finding life a bit tougher in Listed company at Navan last month.

"Things didn't work out for him the first day and we ran him in a Listed race the last day to educate him and he ran a nice race,” said Barrett.

“We knew coming back down here, with a little ease in the ground, we were in business and he has really come on.

"He is learning all the time and I don't think he is the finished article yet but this is a good start.

“I think he'll go from five (furlongs) to seven and he'll probably step up to Group 3 and Premier Handicaps levels.

"I try and sell all my horses so we'll see."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

1st
9/2
Tote €6.50 €1.70
2nd
1.75L
10/3
€2.00
3rd
0.75L
25/1
€15.00
4th
shd
5/2Fav
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.