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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Johnjo junior scores on Dead Right

Thu 27th Apr 2017, 20:10

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© Photo Healy Racing

Johnjo O'Neill junior made it third time lucky at Punchestown this week when guiding Dead Right to victory in the concluding bumper this evening.

The Neil Mulholland-trained gelding was produced to lead turning for home in the two-miler and stuck on well in the closing stages.

4/5 favourite Next Destination couldn't live with the raider in the closing stages, going down by four-and-a-half lengths.

O'Neill, carrying the colours of JP McManus to victory, had had two rides on the opening day of the meeting.

“I'm delighted, it was a decent race,” said Mulholland.

“He got a little slight nick behind when he ran over hurdles and he missed so much time. I thought it would be a good place to come and teach him a bit more.

“We'll speak to the boss and see what happens now. He's a lovely horse and we're delighted with him.”

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.