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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Imperial impressive in Tipp bumper

Thu 20th May 2021, 17:34

Imperial Ruler and Barry O'NeillImperial Ruler and Barry O'Neill
© Photo Healy Racing

Imperial Ruler looks another nice prospect for Irish Grand National winning trainer Dermot McLoughlin after making a impressive debut in the winners bumper at Tipperary this afternoon.

The Imperial Monarch gelding went to post a 12/1 shot on his debut in the two-miler.

He was produced to challenge two furlongs out, between even-money shot Kottayam and front-runner John Cannon

Barry O'Neill sent his mount on over a furlong from home and he galloped on strongly in the closing stages to post a two-and-a-quarter length win over the short priced favourite.

"He is a nice horse and we were trying to get him into a race before today,”said McLoughlin.

"He (Barry O'Neill) said he felt strong, good and quickened well and said he knew his job.

“It will depend on the ground and I'll talk to the owners but we could pull the plug now. He liked that ground but I don't know if he'd go on better ground."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

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.