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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Dini too strong for hotpot Haymount

Sun 20th Dec 2015, 15:43

Mall Dini an impressive winnerMall Dini an impressive winner
© Photo Healy Racing

Mall Dini streaked clear in the closing stages to run out an impressive winner of the INH Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle at Thurles.

The Willie Mullins-trained Haymount was sent off 2/5 favourite for the 2m6f contest having gone down narrowly at the track last month.

He travelled into contention along with Mall Dini turning for home but had no answer when his rival quickened away from the second last under Davy Russell.

The Pat Kelly-trained gelding kept on strongly in the closing stages to post a 16-length success at odds of 7/2.

The winner was having his fourth outing over hurdles and had finished third behind the impressive Yorkhill at Punchestown a fortnight ago.

He had previously won a bumper at Cork in March having also landed two point-to-points.

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.