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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Gift claims hunters in style

Sat 13th Apr 2013, 17:31

Final Gift clears the lastFinal Gift clears the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Final Gift justified good support when claiming the hunters chase at Tramore for John Costello.

The race complexion changed after the third-last fence as front-runner, and 9/4 favourite, Nevskij pulled up quickly.

Lord Heathfield and Final Gift soon duelled for the lead but the later stretched on after the second last.

'Corky' Carroll got a great leap at the final fence from the Old Vic gelding, who powered clear to the line for a 10-length success.

The 11/4 winner (9/2 in morning) had been showing progressive form 'on the track' and had run well to chase home Nevskij last time out at Cork.

“He'll go for a winners hunters chase at Down Royal or Killarney now,” revealed Costello.

The fog again made viewing conditions difficult during the race.

(Additional reporting by Donal Murphy)

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.