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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Veritas digs deep to secure victory

Mon 25th Oct 2021, 17:47

Vita Veritas and Shane Foley beat Walnut BeachVita Veritas and Shane Foley beat Walnut Beach
© Photo Healy Racing

Vita Veritas saw off a determined challenge from Walnut Beach to secure victory in the finale at Galway this afternoon.

The John Murphy-trained filly came on the outer to lead two furlongs from home in the 45-65 event but Walnut Beach proved persistent on her inner.

The daughter Camelot just found a bit more close home to record a three-parts-of-a-length win at odds of 13/2.

It was a second career victory for Vita Veritas who had also scored on testing conditions at Killarney last year.

Winning rider Shane Foley said afterwards:- "She loves the ground which is a big help. We went good and hard and I let her warm into it early and she has toughed it out well. She stays well."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

1st
13/2
Tote €8.40 €1.90
2nd
0.75L
10/3Fav
€1.60
3rd
24L
66/1
€12.50
4th
hd
14/1
€3.70
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.