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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Dylan looks improver for Tom Mullins

Thu 28th Jul 2016, 17:46

Tara Dylan Tara Dylan
© Photo Healy Racing

Tara Dylan looks a filly on an upward curve after swooping to victory in the Guinnness Foals Handicap at Galway.

Gary Carroll came with a strong run on the outer to lead turning for home in the mile-and-a-half handicap and the 7/1 shot soon settled matters.

The Tom Mullins-trained filly stayed on well in the closing stages to post a length-and-a-half success as Ondamoura tried to peg her back in the closing stages.

The winner was following up her success at Leopardstown last week and was carrying a 5lb penalty in today's race.

“We took a bit of a chance coming here but she seemed to come out of her last race well,” said Mullins.

“She was 6lb well in today as she got 11lb for winning at Leopardstown so that swayed me to come here.

“She overcame a bad draw and Gary was brilliant on her. He's a jockey that has really come of age. He took his time and knew the filly he had underneath him.

“Hopefully she'll keep progressing. She might come back here in September but there are plenty of fillies race for her.”

1st
7/1
Tote €8.30 €2.00
2nd
1.5L
16/1
€3.20
3rd
5L
7/4Fav
€1.10
4th
1L
7/1
€2.40
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.