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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Connections Happy after Company win

Sat 2nd Sep 2017, 18:11

Happy Company won for jockey Daniel Redmond & joint owner Doug Mikkelsen Happy Company won for jockey Daniel Redmond & joint owner Doug Mikkelsen
© Photo Healy Racing

Happy Company got off the mark at the tenth attempt when claiming the concluding race at Navan, the second division of the Gormanlough Handicap.

Daniel Redmond produced the 8/1 shot to lead over two furlongs out in the ten furlong contest and he galloped on strongly in the closing stages to score by a length-and-a-quarter as Snap Click ran on into second.

It was a first Flat winner for trainer Clare trainer Paddy Hassett.

Liam McAteer, who heads up the winning Parkview Bloodstick Syndicate said:- “There are a few of us in the syndicate and that is the first winner Paddy, who is a vet in Quin Co. Clare, has trained on the Flat.

“His son Garrett, who is married to my daughter Pamela, rides him out all the time and deserves a lot of credit.

“I bought him as a foal to sell as a yearling and then couldn’t sell him. He’s given us a lot of fun, and we have a group of American friends with us today which is great.

“He’ll probably go next for a similar handicap at Galway.”

Liam McAteer used to train in Co Louth and heads up the syndicate with his wife Bernie.

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
8/1
Tote €11.70 €2.40
2nd
1.25L
14/1
€2.90
3rd
0.75L
10/1
€2.90
4th
hd
33/1
€14.60
bf
0.5L
7/2Fav
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.