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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Seaboru another for the punters

Fri 25th Apr 2014, 18:49

Seaboru scores from Jim BowieSeaboru scores from Jim Bowie
© Photo Healy Racing

The trend of well-backed horses obliging continued at Kilbeggan tonight as Seaboru landed the three-mile handicap hurdle at the midlands track.

Stephen Ryan's charge had been a 6/1 shot this morning but attracted support and the money continued on course from 5/1 into 7/2.

Seaboru had moved up to be prominent with a circuit to run and went on from Naughty Molly after the third last.

He kept on well from the second last, under Shane Shortall, and despite hanging a touch on the run-in proved three-and-a-quarter lengths too strong for 3/1 favourite Jim Bowie

The winner had run with plenty of credit when fourth in testing conditions at Limerick last month.

“The better ground was a big help. The deep ground in Limerick caught him out,” said Ryan.

“He's a gutsy little devil and we'll look for another three-mile handicap for him”

Ryan was also very complimentary about the ground at the track which was officially good, good to firm in places following watering:-

"The ground is like a carpet out there."

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

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.