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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Dabadiyan gets job done in Plate

Fri 26th Jul 2013, 21:06

Dabadiyan (winning at the Curragh)Dabadiyan (winning at the Curragh)
© Photo Healy Racing

Dabadiyan landed the odds in workman-like fashion in Her Majesty's Plate at Down Royal this evening.

The well-supported 4/6 favourite (best priced 13/8 this morning) tackled front-runner Royal Irish Hussar two furlongs out and hit the lead rounding the elbow.

He kept on inside the final furlong of the mile-and-a-half contest, under Declan McDonogh, to score by three-parts-of-a-length.

Sir Ector and Shu Lewis had come through to give chase inside the final furlong and it was the later who won the battle for the runner-up spot by a head late on.

The winner was landing a hat-trick after two easy victories at the Curragh last month and remains in classic contention.

“They went a good gallop, he arrived travelling well and he just does enough,” was trainer Michael Halford's assessment.

“The Irish Leger is a possibility as is the English. He may go to York now for the Great Voltigeur.”

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

1st
4/6Fav
Tote €1.80 €1.10
2nd
0.75L
10/1
€1.80
3rd
hd
5/1
€1.40
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.