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First double for Swan as Hygge wins at Laytown

Hygge and Harry Swan fly home to win for the Sundowners Syndicate and trainer Gordon Elliott at LaytownHygge and Harry Swan fly home to win for the Sundowners Syndicate and trainer Gordon Elliott at Laytown
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Harry Swan completed his first double as Hygge bounced back to winning ways with a clearcut success in the concluding Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Amateur Riders Handicap at Laytown.

Trained for the Sundowners Syndicate by Gordon Elliott, the four-year-old won a maiden at Killarney in May and a maiden hurdle at Cork in July, but had failed to figure in a flat handicap at the Galway Festival since.

Dodging a couple of marker poles along the way, the 17/2 chance hit the front over a furlong and a half out and skipped a few lengths clear approaching the final furlong to score by four and a quarter lengths from Denis Hogan's 10/1 shot Alfred Tennyson who got up close to the finish for second place.

Swan said: "He showed a good turn of foot, to be fair to him. He has put it away well.

"I suppose I was just lucky to get the gap down the rail. I thought I was there too soon then, but he quickened away really well.

"He's a winner over a mile and he has run well in maiden hurdles, so I knew he staye

1st
17/2
Tote €9.50 €2.50
2nd
4.25L
10/1
€2.90
3rd
0.5L
6/1
€2.90
4th
0.5L
13/2
bf
3L
3/1Fav
About Shane Redmond
Shane joined Irish Racing Services in 1991 and has been involved in the horse racing industry in Ireland ever since. He worked as a racing reporter, probable SP compiler and SP reporter with Racing Services for 12 years before spending over 22 years with Horse Racing Ireland where his roles included editing the Irish Form Book between 2003 and 2014.