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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Regina game to open chase account

Thu 2nd Dec 2021, 14:49

Regina Dracones leads Song Of Earth at the lastRegina Dracones leads Song Of Earth at the last
© Photo Healy Racing

The Tom Gibney-trained Regina Dracones ground out a game victory to open her account over fences in the beginners chase at Clonmel.

Gavin Brouder tracked the leaders on the 16/1 shot and the Kalanisi mare came to tackle the front-runners turning for home in the two-miler despite some careful jumps.

She had just edged ahead of Even Flight when that rival crashed out at the second last fence.

A slow jump by the leader at the final fence saw Song Of Earth land almost upsides but Regina Dracones found plenty on the run-in to post a length-and-a-half victory.

The winning rider said:- "It was very gutsy from the little filly.

“She got a bad bang the last day I rode her. A horse fell in front of her, six from home, and she had nowhere to go and hit him. That knocked her confidence a little bit but she will get it back after that.

"She wandered around on the approach to the last but was full of running and pricked her ears at the back of it. She didn't mind the ground."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

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.