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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

King proves game in thrilling finish

Thu 4th Jun 2015, 20:39

Steel King (centre) challenges between Samanntom (right) and Give Her Bach (left)Steel King (centre) challenges between Samanntom (right) and Give Her Bach (left)
© Photo Healy Racing

Steel King stuck his neck out gamely in the closing stages to land the spoils after a thrilling finish to the two-and-a-half mile handicap hurdle at Tipperary.

Front-runner Samanntom proved a tough nut to crack but was tackled over the last by Steel King and Give Her Bach

It was Paul Flynn's charge, under a strong drive from Kevin Sexton, who found more in the closing stages to score by a length from Give Her Bach. Voisey's Bay stayed on to nab third from Samanntom.

The winner was making his first start since falling at Ballinrobe last September. He had won his maiden hurdle at that track last July.

"He can be a bit tricky and gets worried. He was weak last year and I thought coming here today he was well handicapped," said Flynn.

"He'll stay three miles and if there's a race for him to sneak into at Galway he'll run there. He will improve and will also jump a fence in time."

(Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes)

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.