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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Postulation prevails in Dundalk thriller

Fri 24th Apr 2015, 19:57

Postulation and Pat Smullen (right) win from The Happy Prince (left) and Queen Nefertiti (centre) Postulation and Pat Smullen (right) win from The Happy Prince (left) and Queen Nefertiti (centre)
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The feature event at Dundalk tonight produced a thrilling finish with Postulation emerging on top after a three-way battle for the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race.

Pat Smullen cut out the running on Postulation in the mile conditions event and he was strongly pressed from over a furlong out.

Both Queen Nefertiti and The Happy Prince challenged on his outer but the Dermot Weld-trained gelding was not to be denied.

Khalid Abdullah's charge, sporting a visor for the first time, battled gamely in the closing stages to record a half length victory at odds of 4/1. The Happy Prince just edged the runner-up spot by a nose from 6/4 favourite Queen Nefertiti.

Postulation had been beaten by subsequent Ballysax winner Success Days on his return to action at Cork earlier in the month and Smullen, who was recording a treble on the night, felt tonight's track suited his mount better.

"Going left-handed is definitely a plus with him - he lay out with me in Cork. This way was a help as was the visor," said Smullen.

"I thought that was a good performance. They went a good gallop and when the other pair joined me they went at it from a furlong-and-a-half down.

"He dug deep and you'll find that form works out. They really turned it on from a furlong out. I don't think they ever got past me."

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.