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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Waterloo battles to win in opener

Thu 4th Jun 2015, 17:59

Waterloo Bridge holds Gift WrapWaterloo Bridge holds Gift Wrap
© Photo Healy Racing

Waterloo Bridge landed the odds in the opener at Tipperary for Ballydoyle when scoring on his fourth attempt.

Aidan O'Brien 's charge was a solid 9/10 shot for the five furlong contest and sat behind the leaders in the early stages.

Joseph O'Brien came over to the rail to hit the front over a furlong out but the Zoffany colt was soon tackled by Gift Wrap

Waterloo Bridge drifted right in the closing stages, under pressure, but was always doing enough to hold his rival, eventually getting home by a head at the line.

The winner had some strong looking form coming into the race, having been third to Round Two in Naas and second to Most Beautiful last time at Navan.

"He can be a bit keen at home but was okay today," said Joseph O'Brien afterwards.

"Hopefully he can progress now and is by an exciting sire (Zoffany)."

(Additional reporting by Thomas 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.