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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Ellaria gains important bracket

Fri 20th Jan 2017, 20:50

Ellaria and Colin Keane win Ellaria and Colin Keane win
© Photo Healy Racing

The Ger Lyons-trained Ellaria gained an important first win before a date at the sales next month when claiming the concluding six-furlong handicap at Dundalk this evening.

Colin Keane got a good run up the rail on the 7/2 shot inside the final furlong to record a half length victory over Lily’s Prince.

The daughter of Exceed And Excel, who was tackling her first handicap, had been placed in three maidens at the course previously.

“She deserved that as she’s been very consistent. One of her best runs was over six so we decided to drop her back to six,” said Shane Lyons.

“She was very brave there and Colin was very good on her.

“She’s in the February sales at Goffs and I’d say that’s her next port of call. She has a good pedigree for breeding.

“She’s been placed and is after getting the bracket now which is always very important.”

1st
7/2
Tote €4.70 €1.60
2nd
0.5L
6/1
€2.30
3rd
2.75L
20/1
€8.00
4th
hd
7/2
bf
0.5L
3/1Fav
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.