Orla Tynan completes a 42/1 double on her grandad Matty's Soldier's Tree Soldier’s Tree made it a dream evening for teenager Orla Tynan when completing a 42/1 double on the card in the View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Maiden. The Soldier’s Call gelding, owned and trained by her grandad Matty Tynan, showed promise when placed on his belated debut here last month and made virtually all for a clearcut success in this seven-furlong event. The well-backed 15/8 favourite had all his rivals in trouble early in the straight and kept on really well inside the final furlong to beat Spacebound by six lengths. Royal Impact was a further two and three-quarter lengths away in third. Matty Tynan said, “This is like a dream really! You couldn't write it, could you? "She rode her first winner for us, and we are trying to get her going. She's my granddaughter, so you do your best for your own family. "He's out of Maontri who won four Friday nights here (in 2014). She went from 59 to 98. She got a bit of an injury after that. "That's the way she used to run. She used to have a green hood on her, and you'd see the green hood heading off in front. "We said we would do the same thing with him - jump out, hope for the best, and we knew he would stay going. "We think he is a good horse, and this is the icing on the cake for your granddaughter to ride a winner. "I see no problem (on turf). We might get him in a big race off a light weight, and Orla could ride him. That's what we have in mind as Orla can ride off bottom-weight. We'll enjoy tonight!" Orla Tynan was also on the mark earlier on the card aboard Kitty Bear (14/1). Quotes by Michael Graham
