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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Yucatan bounces back to form in International

Sun 1st Jul 2018, 15:49

Yucatan and Ryan MooreYucatan and Ryan Moore
© Photo Healy Racing

Yucatan bounced back to form when running out a gutsy all-the-way winner of the Finlay Volvo International Stakes at the Curragh.

Ryan Moore was soon in front on the 2/1 favourite and asked him for an effort passing the two pole in the Group 3 contest.

The Galileo colt answered every call and went on to record a length victory over Stellar Mass

Yucatan was shown significant improvement on his last outing having never shown when last of 16 in the Wolferton Stakes at Royal Ascot.

“He was just a bit slow away in Ascot he he never really got going. You'd be delighted with that,” said O'Brien.

“We'll look for another Group 3 for him. He might get a mile-and-a-half. No doubt he likes a bit of nice ground as he's a very good mover.

“Ryan was happy with him, he just said he's very lazy. The blinkers seemed to help him there. In Ascot he had cheekpieces so I'd say the blinkers were probably a help to him.”

It was a quick double for Moore and O'Brien with So Perfect having landed the previous race.

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.