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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Boy best for Brassil in Pertemps

Tue 28th Dec 2021, 13:39

Panda Boy and JJ Slevin (nearest) jump the last to win from Winter FogPanda Boy and JJ Slevin (nearest) jump the last to win from Winter Fog
© Photo Healy Racing

Panda Boy galloped on strongly in the closing stages to run out a convincing winner of the Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle at Leopardstown for trainer Martin Brassil.

The Valirann gelding went to post a 16/1 shot in the three-mile qualifier and was delivered to challenge going to the last by JJ Slevin.

He got to the front on the run-in and was pulling away late on to record a three-and-a-quarter length win over Winter Fog

The winner had taken a Punchestown maiden hurdle on his debut last March.

He was making his fifth start this afternoon and had finished mid-division on his return to action in the Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle at Naas last month.

Slevin said afterwards:- “It was a good effort, he travelled well and jumped well. He's a good, tough, game horse and he's won well.

“His form was decent and I was hoping he'd run well but I wasn't sure. I was hoping he was capable of being in the first five or six but he stuck at it well and he was a good winner on the day.

“Over that trip he has a little bit of class, and a bit of cruise about him, and that's a good sign. Whatever he does over hurdles will be a bonus because he's going to be a right chaser.”

1st
16/1
Tote €19.20 €4.80
2nd
3.25L
8/1
€3.20
3rd
1L
22/1
€5.10
4th
1.75L
6/1Fav
€1.80
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.