Gambe Veloci © Photo Healy Racing
Gambe Veloci relished the rain-softened underfoot conditions in the Tote Now Online At Tote.ie Handicap and registered a decisive five-lengths victory in the hands of in-form Wayne Hassett.
The latter brought the Caravaggio grey wide in the straight and the four-year-old picked up well to sweep to the front over a furlong out before stretching clear of No More Porter
A maiden winner on soft ground at Limerick in the spring, Gambe Veloci is trained for the Annus Mirabilis Syndicate by Joseph O'Brien who minutes earlier had enjoyed a lucrative juvenile success at Longchamp with Islandsinthestream.
It was a fourth winner in eight days for 7lb claimer Hassett.
Stable representative and recently-retired jockey Shane Crosse remarked: "Wayne rides very well and gave him a lovely ride. It is very tough going and this fella loves these conditions. Wayne was good and cool on him.
"Ground is the key to find and I'm sure Joseph will pop him out quickly again while we are getting rain. He's a lovely fun horse for the owners."
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