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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Maneuver completes Meade treble in bumper

Fri 9th Oct 2020, 17:33

Flanking Maneuver and Finny MaguireFlanking Maneuver and Finny Maguire
© Photo Healy Racing

Flanking Maneuver galloped on strongly to run out an impressive winner of the concluding bumper at Downpatrick this afternoon, completing a treble on the card for trainer Noel Meade.

The Gigginstown gelding was a well backed 6/5 favourite (2/1 in morning) in the extended two-mile-two contest having shown ability in a couple of strong bumpers last year.

Finny Maguire tracked the leaders on the Beat Hollow gelding before letting him slide into the lead five furlongs from home.

He asked his mount for an effort passing the two pole and he responded well, stretching out to record a eight-length win over market rival Corran Cross (11/8).

Meade said: “He has matured well and has been working very well at home. He didn’t surprise me doing that. I don’t know how good a bumper it was but he did it well.

“He jumps well, so he’ll go jumping. He’ll be a hurdler for the season I would imagine.

“The horses are flying but I never take it for granted.”

And on Finny Maguire, he added: “We are happy with that, that’s great to get our hands on him. He came down to us about last year or the year before.

“Mark (O’Hare) arrived and got in before him and only for that Finny would have started at that time.

“As soon as Mark retired Finny was on the phone and I said ‘it sounds good to me’.”

(Quotes by Michael Graham)

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.