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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Stormey springs shock for Mahon

Sun 10th Jul 2016, 16:00

Stephen MahonStephen Mahon
© Photo Healy Racing

25/1 shot Stormey sprang another shock on the card at Sligo when taking the older maiden hurdle for Stephen Mahon.

The six-year-old was held up by Donagh Meyler in the early stages before being produced to challenge at the final flight.

He soon hit the lead on the run-in and kept on well in the closing stages to record a two-and-three-quarter length success.

“That's a bit of a shock. I can't feel anything from the legs down — it must be what having a epidural is like!” said Mahon.

“I wasn't going to run him and took Usa out. He's a lovely top of the ground horse, has loads of gears and I didn't think he'd finish on that ground.

“I said to Donagh to drop him out the back and went down to the start to make sure he started. I told him to feel his way into it and just run as well as he could.

“I was happy two out that he was running a nice race but it was a bit of a shock from the last.

“He's a grand horse and we always thought a lot of him. He just needed a couple of runs and a bit of a break.

“He hadn't run for 292 days so we thought the day out would do him good.”

1st
25/1
Tote €29.00 €5.20
2nd
2.75L
11/10Fav
€1.02
3rd
1.75L
25/1
€7.20
4th
3.5L
33/1
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.