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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Supreme back to winning ways

Thu 2nd Dec 2021, 15:21

Hilltop Supreme Hilltop Supreme
© Photo Healy Racing

Hilltop Supreme soared clear over the last to run out an impressive winner of the concluding novice handicap chase at Clonmel this afternoon. Big Debates cut out the running in the race, run over just shy of two-miles-two, but was claimed by Hilltop Supreme on the run to the second last.

The Davy Fitzgerald-trained gelding produced a fine leap at the last to go clear and galloped on strongly in the closing stages, for Darragh O'Keeffe, to record a 12 length success.

Hilltop Supreme had won four over timber earlier in the year and was having his second start of this campaign. He was racing off a mark 20lb lower over fences.

Fitzgerald said:- "Hopefully this is the start of some more wins and we'll find something in Limerick for him over Christmas next.

“He loves soft ground, Leopardstown will be too good and he's not high enough in the grade yet to go there."

(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.