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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Rock poignant winner for Gorman

Fri 15th Mar 2013, 20:38

Wrekin Rock (nearest) grabs Long Journey HomeWrekin Rock (nearest) grabs Long Journey Home
© Photo Healy Racing

The Jim Gorman-trained Wrekin Rock lunged late to land the spoils in the ten furlong handicap at Dundalk.

Long Journey Home looked set to score when claiming front-runner Shukhov over a furlong-and-a-half out.

Ian Brennan produced Wrekin Rock with a run inside the final furlong, however, and he got to the front close home for a neck success. Prince Of Fire was sent off 7/2 favourite on his return from a break but faded turning for home after chasing the leaders.

The winner had chased home a progressive looking sort in El Salvador over a mile-and-a-half here last month.

It was a poignant winner with owner Penny Foley having passed away only last month: “She left a big void. This was Penny's favourite horse,” revealed Gorman.

“She used to call him Rodney after the character out of 'Only Fools And Horses' as he was a bit of an idiot early on.

“He's a great looking horse but has had all sorts of issues and I think hurdling helped to calm him down.

“He might go for another Flat race and we'll find something for him in Punchestown.”

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

1st
4/1
Tote €5.70 €1.90
2nd
nk
16/1
€6.40
3rd
2.75L
8/1
€1.70
4th
2.25L
7/1
bf
0.75L
7/2Fav
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.