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Hartys cash in with American Money

American Money and Kieren Buckley lead over the last American Money and Kieren Buckley lead over the last
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Sixth to previous race winner Sa Fureur in a course maiden earlier in the month, American Money (12/1) made a winning start in handicaps when landing the 80-95 rated contest over 2m4f.

Kieren Buckley 's mount moved into third two out and gained a narrow lead over Glenabo Bridge at the last with Bint Freya also on the premises in third . Despite edging left on the run-in (no alteration after an enquiry), the Westerner gelding stayed on well enough to hold Glenabo Bridge by a length with a further length and three-quarters back to Bint Freya.

It was a tenth winner of the campaign for Devon native Buckley who's based with Gavin Cromwell.

The winning six-year-old is trained by Eddie and Patrick Harty.

Eddie Harty commented: "It was nice, he has improved. He's a typical Westerner, no matter what you teach them they have to learn themselves."

“He has improved from run to run and it was a nice run here the last day. He just crept into a 0-95 but won't the next time.

“He ground it out and that's typical Westerner, the tougher the conditions the better they seem to go.

“He's a nice horse but we have no great plans for him. We'll have to look at the next division up now and he's a nice fun horse. He'll make a nice chaser in time and he will improve.

“He was bred by a very good friend of mine, Bobby Guiry, who died last year so it's nice to keep the legacy going.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.