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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Nicholson off on holidays after Susan success

Sat 2nd Jun 2018, 18:09

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Ask Susan justified good support in the opener at Tramore when claiming the mares beginners chase.

John Nicholson 's charge was backed from 7/1 this morning and eventually went to post a 7/2 chance for the two-mile contest.

Mark Enright tracked the leaders before sending his mount to the front heading for the second last fence.

She galloped on strongly in the closing stages to record a seven-and-a-half length success over Jaime Sommers

The winner had been fourth behind Asthuria in a strong mares chase at Limerick on her last outing.

Nicholson said afterwards:- "That's two winners this week now. I'm going on holidays to France tomorrow so I can go now!

"She did it well. She didn't get away as well as we would have liked at the start, but she is a good mare and jumps well. She'll have a summer campaign.

"There is a amateur Flat race at Leopardstown for her now in a fortnight's time.

"Mark gave her a good ride, he does a lot of schooling for me. We have a good partnership together. I think I gave him his first winner over jumps on Great Oak.

"Tramore is a lucky spot for me."

11/8 favourite Karalee was let down by her jumping on her chase debut and eventually finished sixth.

(Quotes 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.