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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Dunne does business in style

Thu 9th Mar 2017, 15:32

Aint Dunne YetAint Dunne Yet
© Photo Healy Racing

Aint Dunne Yet stretched away in the closing stages to open his account in style in the thurles.ie Maiden Hurdle.

Sean Flanagan tracked the leaders on the 7/4 favourite before producing the Noel Meade-trained gelding to challenge at the second last.

The Flemensfirth gelding was sent into the lead going to the final flight and despite an untidy leap there he pulled away in the closing stages to record a 13-length success over Three Kings

The winner had run in three good maiden hurdles before today, finishing third to Death Duty at Roscommon and sixth on his most recent outing at Punchestown.

"He's out of a half-sister to Merry Gale, and he (owner) has been saying to me for a while to bring him back to two miles as that family doesn't stay. He's really a chaser for next year,” said Meade.

"The owner (Noel O'Brien) is a nephew of Vincent and he lives in the home place where Vincent started to train from in Churchtown."

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

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.