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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Police completes fabulous four-timer

Thu 7th Feb 2013, 16:01

Call The Police and Ruby Walsh Call The Police and Ruby Walsh
© Photo Healy Racing

Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh's domination of proceedings at Clonmel today continued in the Derrygrath Chase as Call The Police gave them a fourth winner on the card.

It was another short-priced success for the duo as the Accordion gelding was sent off a 5/6 shot in the 2m4f event.

Walsh was content to track the leaders before taking closer order entering the straight on the ten-year-old.

Forpadydeplasterer had hit the front four out but was soon joined by the driven along Magnanimity

Davy Russell drove the Gigginstown horse to the front entering the straight but his lead always looked set to be short-lived with Call The Police cruising in behind.

The favourite hit the front after the second last and was always doing enough, when asked for an effort by Walsh, as he went on to record a three-and-a-half length success.

The winner was supplementing his success in Grade 3 company at Thurles last month and Mullins revealed he has plenty of options for his charge:-

“He's improving and is in everything including the Grand National. I wouldn't mind bringing him back to two miles either as he's such a good jumper that he'd be able to perform at that shorter trip.

“Ruby said the ground was much softer there than on the hurdles course.”

Paddy Power left Call The Police unchanged on 25/1 for the Grand National.

(Additional reporting 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.