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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Robinson celebrating after Party success

Thu 16th Nov 2017, 14:06

Poker Party and Dylan Robinson (nearest)Poker Party and Dylan Robinson (nearest)
© Photo Healy Racing

Poker Party proved very game of the Clonmel Oil Race Day Handicap Hurdle to give Dylan Robinson a welcome winner.

The Henry de Bromhead-trained gelding disputed for most of the two-mile three-furlong trip and stuck on well when pressed in the closing stages.

The well-backed 13/2 shot (20/1 this morning) led going to the second last but was strongly pressed by Pat's Oscar after a mistake at the final flight.

He found more on the run-in to gain a three-parts-of-a-length win.

Robinson was having just his second mount since returning from a fractured wrist suffered at Tipperary in July and he said:-

“I broke and dislocated my wrist four and a half months ago and that's my second ride back. 

"I fractured the wrist in a couple of places and it took a while to come back properly. Hopefully things will kick off from here."

De Bromhead added:- "He has always jumped brilliantly at home loose schooling but when we ran him, his jumping was just appalling. I think you cannot move a muscle on him so we stuck Dylan up on him and told him to tie his hands to the mane and he was brilliant on him.

"He's a good horse but just couldn't jump and his jumping went to pot. He jumped pretty well today, still made a couple of mistakes but he'll be a nice horse when he gets his confidence.

"It's great to see Dylan back - he's a great little rider, is a good part of our team and is with me full-time and works hard with us.

"I'm also delighted for his owner Brian Acheson, who is a local man to Clonmel, as it's his first winner with us."

(Quotes by Tom 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.