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Articles By Gary Carson

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.
Wed 24th Jun 2020
Telmesomethinggirl and Rachael Blackmore

Girl too good for rivals in Roscommon opener

4.56PM

Soul Search and Colin Keane beat Ya Beauty

Keane & Lyons double up with Soul

4.28PM

Edward Hopper and Colin Keane (inner) get back up to beat Aztec Parade

Hopper rallies gamely to land odds

4.02PM

Hightimeyouwon (beats) Papa Bear (nearest) with Zephron third (on rail)

Hightimeyouwon does just that

2.53PM

Son And Sannie and Oisin Orr sprint clear

Sannie skips clear to win in style

2.00PM

Dacesa and Shane Foley beat Blueberry Faygo

Harrington & Foley on the mark again with Dacesa

1.46PM

Wed 17th Jun 2020
Shanroe (right) comes to beat Rasiym (left)

Shanroe strikes as Colgan lands brace

7.58PM

Oriental Eagle and Rachael Blackmore

Blackmore shines on Eagle to land first Listed success

7.27PM

Laugh A Minute asserts under Ronan Whelan

Minute makes big impression at Limerick

6.40PM

Half Nutz and Robbie Colgan win from Funny Little Ways (near) and Amelia Jane

Nutz gets Lavery off the mark

5.57PM

Mirann and Ben Coen beat Lethal Power

Murtagh at the double again as Mirann wins

4.59PM

Eden Quay and Wayne Lordan

Quay collects in Limerick opener

4.40PM

Hurricane Cliff and Billy Lee (yellow cap)

Cliff hangs on to hold House

4.28PM

Collaborating and Gary Carroll

Murphy strikes with debutant Collaborating

3.32PM

Winner for Johnny Murtagh

Suave swoops to give Murtagh another winner

2.05PM

Beauchamp Bagenal and Luke McAteer (far) beat Trueba and Nikita Kane

Bagenal battles to claim opener

1.31PM

Mon 15th Jun 2020
Pearl Warrior and Shane Kelly win from Cape Islay (right) and Moktamel (centre)

Game Pearl strikes again as Murtagh doubles up

4.05PM

Powerful Ted and Colin Keane

Ted lands touch on Flat debut

3.29PM

Wed 1st Apr 2020
Punchestown

Punchestown fully behind decision to cancel festival

5.07PM

Sat 28th Mar 2020
Verhoyen

Plans on hold for Verhoyen in current climate

4.00PM

Trainer Michael Grassick

Grassick has Classic dreams with Myers

2.08PM

Sun 15th Mar 2020
On Eagles Wings and Harry Swan (left) beat Stattler (right)

Swan wins on Eagles in bumper

5.44PM

Enduring Love and Adam Short chase Killisk Ben Rose

Love gets result after enquiry

5.40PM

Cherif De L'isle and Davy Russell

Cherif gets his day

3.08PM

Well Set Up and Ricky Doyle give chase as Lady Breffni tries to recover from a mistake

Well grabs another Grade 3 success

2.38PM

Cafe Con Leche and Denis Hogan

Leche leaves rivals toiling

2.05PM

Thu 5th Mar 2020
John Cannon and Evan Dwan (white cap)

Murphy finds key to Cannon

5.58PM

Bay Ambition and Jonathan Moore

Ambition left to come home well clear

5.39PM

Eklat De Rire and Rachael Blackmore

Eklat opens 'track' account in style

4.51PM

Chalky White and Keith Donoghue (grey) beat Johnny Little Legs (right)

Chalky edges thriller to land gamble

4.16PM

Strange Notions (left) beats Optum (right)

Notions nails wayward Optum

3.39PM

Kavanaghs Corner and Daniel Holden

Corner collects for de Bromhead and Holden

3.11PM

Sun 1st Mar 2020
Lunar Display is chased by Blazing Khal

Display hangs on to make winning debut in bumper

5.56PM

Gun Digger and Gavin Brouder

Digger bounces back to form to give Brouder big win

5.08PM

Grand Partner and Sean O Keeffe (near) come to lead at the last

Partner strikes again at Leopardstown

4.32PM

Wolfofallstreets and Adam Short clear the last

In form Wolf scores again

4.00PM

Jon Snow leads them for home in the second

Snow gets his head in front

3.04PM

Larquebuse and Davy Russell

Larquebuse impressive in opening mares contest

2.25PM

Sun 23rd Feb 2020
Farouk D'alene (nearest) and Fire Attack do battle

D'alene digs deep to land bumper

5.34PM

Aarons Day (left) leads from Greenpanda (right)

Day follows up on handicap debut

5.12PM

Port Stanley and Robbie Power

Stanley gives Harrington quick double & one-two

4.38PM

Instant Return (centre) beats Laura Bullion (left) and Pasley (right)

Instant proves game in front

4.07PM

Jason The Militant (nearest) and Beacon Edge fight it out over the last

Blackmore gets the fractions right as Militant springs shock

3.44PM

Castle Oliver (grey) and Mark Walsh

Oliver lands hat-trick for Roche

3.09PM

Any Second Now takes a bit of a chance at the last

Second warms up for National with Naas success

2.38PM

Thu 20th Feb 2020
Politesse and Tom Hamilton beat Watergate Lady

Politesse off the mark in impressive fashion

5.45PM

Jody Townend pictured with brother Paul

Townends strike again with Rashid

4.48PM

Granny Knot and Sean O'Keeffe lead over the last

McEnery back in winners enclosure with Granny

4.47PM

Five O'clock and Danny Mullins clear the last

Five finds plenty to land Thurles feature

3.59PM

Macs Legend and Michael O'Sullivan

Bargain buy Macs proving a real Legend

3.41PM

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