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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Elwazeer lands gamble

Fri 23rd Dec 2011, 19:18

Elwazeer landed a bit of a touch when running out a convincing winner of the first division of the mile handicap at Dundalk.

Wayne Lordan, recently returned from honeymoon, sent his mount on over a furlong out and the race was soon in safe keeping.

The David Nagle-trained gelding, backed from 14/1 into 7/1, kept on strongly in the closing stages to record a four-and-a-half length victory over Moonbi Creek

"After his first three runs we gave him a little break and he's after improving," said Nagle afterwards.

"He done it well and seemed to handle the surface. He's going the right way."

The Stewards enquired into the improvement of form of the winner and referred the matter on after finding Nagle had failed to report previous breathing problems.

The horse had laser treatment to correct a respiratory issue following his last run.

The handicapper Mark Bird stated that had he been aware of the horse's respiratory problem on his last run he would not have been liable for handicapping.

1st
7/1
Tote €20.20 €4.20
2nd
4.5L
6/1
€1.50
3rd
2.25L
20/1
€6.20
4th
1.5L
3/1
bf
1.25L
2/1Fav
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.