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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Flanagan notches chase double on Could

Mon 5th Sep 2022, 19:42

Jockey Sean Flanagan recorded a doubleJockey Sean Flanagan recorded a double
© Photo Healy Racing

Sean Flanagan doubled up in both races over fences at Galway tonight when the well-backed It Could Be You claimed the Kenny Developments Handicap Chase.

The Tom Mullins-trained gelding tracked the leaders throughout in the two-mile-six contest and was ridden away from the last in third place.

He knuckled down well to press the leaders turning for home and claimed Nuttorridge inside the final furlong to secure victory. Hoke Colburn stayed on late to get within two lengths in the runner-up spot.

The 10/1 winner (33/1 this morning) was recording his first success over fences to add to a maiden hurdle and a bumper.

He had pulled up on his most recent outing over hurdles at the festival meeting here.

Mullins said afterwards:- “He took a while to find his way over jumps. We gave him a break and brought him back for the hurdle race here but he jumped one big and tore the heel off himself at the festival.

“We patched it up and said we’d come down the chase route.

“The yard is in good order and he had a good handicap mark compared to his hurdle mark.

“He’s not the fastest horse in the world and maybe he could come back for the Blazers here next year.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

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.