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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Weld and Smullen double up on Tandem

Wed 1st Aug 2012, 19:23

Tandem cruises home in the lastTandem cruises home in the last
© Photo Healy Racing

It was very straight forward for odds-on punters as Tandem opened his account in the concluding maiden at Galway.

The Dansili gelding was sent off 3/10 favourite to give Dermot Weld a double on the card and the result never looked in doubt.

Pat Smullen tracked front-runner Exact before hitting the front over two furlongs out.

He kicked clear turning for home and could afford to ease down in the closing stages for a cosy 11-length success. Instant Memories kept on in the closing stages to get up at the death and deny Exact the runner-up spot.

The Khalid Abdullah winner had shaped with plenty of promise when second on his debut at Naas last month.

"He's a lovely big horse and will go for a conditions race next. We'll see where he fits in," said Weld.

"He's a big backward horse and ran a nice race first time at Naas."

Weld and Smullen had also teamed up earlier to score with Diplomat

(On course 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.