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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Crown lands big pot for Murphy

Fri 20th May 2022, 18:26

Celtic Crown and Wayne Lordan (yellow in centre) break from the pack to win Celtic Crown and Wayne Lordan (yellow in centre) break from the pack to win
© Photo Healy Racing

Celtic Crown stuck on gamely in the closing stages to land a big pot in the William Hill Emerald Mile Handicap at the Curragh.

The Hallowed Crown filly was making her third outing since joining Joe Murphy, this afternoon, and was prominent throughout in the €150,000 contest.

Wayne Lordan sent the 28/1 shot to the front inside the final furlong and she asserted in the closing stages to record a length-and-a-quarter success.

There was a bunch finish for the places with No More Porter edging out Haziya and Pierre Lapin by a short-head and a head.

“We're delighted with that, she's a very genuine, honest filly and loves racing,” said Murphy.

“We don't have her long but loved her the day we got her. We're lucky to have Robert Moran as an owner, he's a big owner to have and we're delighted to have our first winner for him.

“It was a good race, we got in and took our shot. We'll stick to handicaps with her for the moment and see how she is but I'm delighted with that win.”

1st
28/1
Tote €30.40 €1.76
2nd
1.25L
11/2
€24.64
3rd
shd
10/3Fav
€1.60
4th
hd
50/1
€22.40
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.