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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Silver Concorde glides home in the bumper

Sat 28th Dec 2013, 16:42

Dermot WeldDermot Weld
© Photo Healy Racing

Silver Concorde made relentless headway in the quarter mile to win going away in Leopardstown’s bumper with Derek O’Connor doing the steering for Dermot Weld.

The five-year-old gelding, in the Dr Ronan Lambe colours, improved his record to 3-2-1 with this success, but that only tells part of the story. He has been off track for 516 days since being a beaten odds-on favourite in a bumper at the Galway Festival last year.

Dermot Weld said: “It was a nice performance and a confident ride from Derek O’Connor. The horse won the way I thought he would. Obviously we’ll look for a winners’ bumper and go from there.

“He’ll always appreciate better ground. My only concern today was the ground as he’s a very good-actioned horse. He was a big weak immature horse but you saw a much more mature horse today.”

When asked if Cheltenham is a possibility Weld replied that it is.

Silver Concorde mowed down the well-supported Volvalien (5/1 to 7/2 on course) and eased away to win by three and three quarter lengths. Bonzo Bing who had plenty of backers, came in third at 8/1, beaten eight and a quarter lengths.

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.