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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Pearl swoops to claim opener

Wed 17th Apr 2013, 18:37

Pearl Of Africa (yellow and blue) comes widePearl Of Africa (yellow and blue) comes wide
© Photo Healy Racing

Pearl Of Africa swooped on the outer to claim the opening fillies maiden at Dundalk this evening.

Fran Berry produced the Jeremy filly with a strong charge inside the final furlong to land the spoils for trainer Eddie Lynam.

7/4 favourite Harpist had hit the front at the furlong pole but was trumped in the final 100 yards by the eventual winner.

Pearl Of Africa kept on well in the closing stages to post a half length success over the market leader while newcomer Majenta stayed on nicely in third.

The 9/2 winner (8/1 this morning) was going one better having been runner-up in a maiden over course and distance last month.

Blustery conditions meant the runners had to race into the wind in the straight and Lynam felt experience helped his charge:-

“She did it well and experience was a big help today. I'm happy with that.

“It's nice to get a winner for Sheikh Fahad (Pearl Bloodstock). We were sent her as a two-year-old and it's great to have him as an owner.”

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

1st
9/2
Tote €3.70 €1.02
2nd
0.5L
7/4Fav
€1.30
3rd
0.5L
10/1
€5.00
4th
1.5L
10/1
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.