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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Ben edges good duel in novice chase

Thu 6th Oct 2016, 16:23

Beautiful Ben and Denis HoganBeautiful Ben and Denis Hogan
© Photo Healy Racing

Beautiful Ben just got the better of No Dice after the pair fought out the finish to the novice chase at Tramore.

The pair moved through to dispute going to the penultimate fence in the two-mile contest and it was between the two from there.

Beautiful Ben, under trainer/rider Denis Hogan, found a bit more on the run-in to secure a neck success.

The 3/1 winner had previously won three times over timber and was opening his account over the larger obstacles.

"I'm delighted for the owner Adrian McNamara from Killaloe as he's a great supporter of mine,” said Hogan.

"It was my fault the last day as he clipped heels at Gowran, and he had a fall before that. It's strange that he has an F and a U in front of his name as he's a good jumper.

"He just did enough there and deserves another win on his page. He'll go for handicap chases now."

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

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.