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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Birdcage finishes season on a high

Fri 25th Sep 2015, 18:00

Birdcage and Colin Keane Birdcage and Colin Keane
© Photo Healy Racing

Birdcage signed off for the season with victory in the opening nursery at Dundalk.

The Ger Lyons-trained filly was sent off 10/11 favourite for the five-furlong contest and got the job done under Colin Keane.

The Qatar Racing-owned filly claimed front-runner China Eyes over a furlong from home and kept on well in the closing stages to record a length success. Love Is All Around stayed on to take the runner-up spot.

The winner was recording her second win of the year, having also landed her maiden on the all-weather back in May.

"From what we've seen at home we thought she would do that today," said Lyons.

"It was a lot of weight for a light filly. That's her done for the year and she'll be off to the horses-in-training sales.

"I think we've done well to win twice with her this year as she'll be a better three-year-old. She's weak and on the leg.

"Qatar have a lot of horses this year so they are culling some and she's one for that. She's done her job for Ger Lyons and I'm happy with her."

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.