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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Tandem two from two for year

Sun 14th May 2017, 15:49

Tadem (white face) is ridden out by Pat Smullen to beat Jaqen H'GharTadem (white face) is ridden out by Pat Smullen to beat Jaqen H'Ghar
© Photo Healy Racing

Tandem produced a tough performance to make it two from two for the season in the Courtyard Shopping Centre Newbridge Race at the Curragh.

Dermot Weld 's charge was sent off the 13/8 favourite for the mile-and-a-half conditions event and was produced to lead a furlong-and-a-half from home by Pat Smullen.

He knuckled down well to record a half length success over Jaqen H'Ghar who stayed on to push him close home.

“He's a very consistent horse and got an excellent ride from Pat,” said Weld.

“He's an eight-year-old now so every day is good with him. We'll look at a premier handicap, that's the logical way.

“He's after winning two nice races on two runs this season so we're very pleased.”

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.