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Very Wood shows his class at Galway

Mon 27th Oct 2014, 14:46

Very Wood (Bryan Cooper) is too strong for The Job Is Right (Adrian Heskin) in the closing stagesVery Wood (Bryan Cooper) is too strong for The Job Is Right (Adrian Heskin) in the closing stages
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The horse that Very Wood eclipsed in the Albert Bartlett at Cheltenham back in March, Deputy Dan failed at odds of 8/13 on his chasing debut at Fontwell last Wednesday. At a price of 1/2 Very Wood showed his undoubted class to score at the first time of asking over the larger obstacles in the W.B. Gavin & Co. EBF Beginners Chase at Galway.

That doughty stayer The Job Is Right was there with his chance as they approached the business end, as were the sweet-travelling duo of Captain Canada and Shesaportrait

In the end though, Very Wood, a point-to-point graduate, carried too much fire-power in the last furlong as he defeated The Job Is Right, Shesaportrait and Captain Canada by a length and a half, a length and three parts and six and a half lengths.

Winning rider Bryan Cooper reported: “He’s loads of scope and jumped well but would probably be better on a more galloping track. He got the job done, and chasing will be his game."

Meanwhile as the representative of successful trainer Noel Meade, Nina Carberry stated: "That was a nice introduction. I’d imagine Noel will be looking at the good novice races, and maybe something like the Drinmore. He never does a lot in front." (AM & EM)