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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Swelltime left to come home easy winner

Mon 20th Jul 2020, 13:28

Swelltime and David Mullins clear the lastSwelltime and David Mullins clear the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Swelltime was left to come home a facile winner in the opening Connolly's Red Mills Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park.

The Joe Murphy-trained gelding cut out the running in the two-miler and was pressed going to the second last by Pepperoni Pete

That rival crashed out at the penultimate flight, however, and badly hampered the third-running Isotope who unseated his rider.

It left the way clear for Swelltime, and David Mullins, to record an easy 16 length success over Royal Aide

The 9/4 favourite had been narrowly denied on the Flat at the Curragh on his last outing having also been runner-up over timber at Tipperary previously.

Assistant trainer Joe Murphy junior said:- “He could go for a staying Flat handicap at Galway. 

 

“He’s a nice horse, obviously a good stayer, and possibly something like the Lartigue (Handicap Hurdle at Listowel) might suit him. 

 

“We can make plenty of use of him over two miles.” 

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
9/4Fav
Tote €3.30 €1.10
2nd
16L
10/3
€1.50
3rd
3.5L
50/1
€5.80
4th
4.25L
40/1
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.