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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Housesofparliament rules at Dundalk

Fri 22nd Apr 2016, 19:55

Housesofparliament wins in styleHousesofparliament wins in style
© Photo Healy Racing

Ballydoyle colt Housesofparliament quickened impressively to open his account at Dundalk tonight in the 188BET Maiden.

Seamie Heffernan sent the 5/6 shot to the front with over a furlong and a half to run in the ten furlong contest and he soon settled matters.

The son of Galileo ran around slightly in the closing stages but was always well on top as he recorded a cosy five-length victory over Flying Bullet

The Aidan O'Brien-trained winner had found stable-mate Bhutan too strong when sent off favourite on his return to action at Leopardstown 12 days ago.

“He had a lovely run first time and we thought he had come forward,” said Heffernan.

“Hopefully the horses keep improving.”

When asked if the quicker surface suited he responded:-

“I think our horses are bred to be good and fast so the faster the ground the faster they go.”

1st
5/6Fav
Tote €1.70 €1.02
2nd
5L
3/1
€1.60
3rd
7.5L
16/1
€3.70
4th
2.25L
3/1
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.