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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Wunder makes the breakthrough

Thu 18th Sep 2014, 14:52

No Wunder and Wayne Lordan lead them homeNo Wunder and Wayne Lordan lead them home
© Photo Healy Racing

No Wunder gained a deserved victory when staying on stoutly to claim the Frank O'Leary Memorial Maiden at Listowel.

Front-runner Mutawed looked to have his field on the stretch turning for home in the mile contest.

Wayne Lordan got a good tune from the 11/8 favourite, however, who stuck well to his task to lead over a furlong out and go on for a length-and-three-quarters successs. Celestial Fable kept on to grab the runner-up spot.

The winner had been placed on six of his eight starts before today, including good efforts over ten furlongs at the Curragh on his last two outings.

“His last couple of runs have been solid. He had been very weak but has strengthened up over the summer,” said Lordan afterwards. “He stays well and he's better going further.”

(Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes)

1st
11/8Fav
Tote €2.20 €1.02
2nd
1.75L
7/1
€1.50
3rd
0.5L
6/1
€1.50
4th
hd
3/1
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.