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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Turcagua powers home in bumper

Sat 6th Dec 2014, 15:46

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The Willie Mullins-trained Turcagua galloped on strongly in the closing stages to claim the concluding bumper at Navan this afternoon.

Patrick Mullins gave the 5/6 favourite a confident ride as he tracked Bonny Kate into the straight.

The champion amateur sent his mount on over a furlong from home and Rich Ricci's gelding went on for a six length success.

The French-bred had been turned over at a short price on his sole previous start at Fairyhouse last April.

“He's a big chasing type. I think we'll probably try and win a winners race with him and he should improve from that,” said Mullins senior.

“I thought he was in a bit of trouble turning for home but once he got him balanced he picked up nicely.

“There is a 2m4f bumper at Leopardstown and also a 2m3f race at Naas in the New Year. They both could be options.”

(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.