Tucker too strong for Tenebrism

Moss Tucker proved too strong for hotpot Tenebrism as he made all to claim the Listed Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Woodlands Stakes at Naas this evening.

Ken Condon 's charge had been fifth behind the 2/5 favourite when the pair made their seasonal debuts at Cork 16 days but improved markedly from that run.

Billy Lee bounced his mount out in front in the five-furlong contest and he answered every call when pressed from over a furlong out.

The Excelebration gelding found more late on to assert for a length-and-a-half success over the Ballydoyle filly.

Condon said:- “On the face of it the last day was slightly disappointing but Billy came back in and said put a line through that. He slightly missed the break and they went steady enough for two furlongs.

“That’s more his thing, a stiffer track. Ground seems to come the same to him but he’s a tough, honest relentless galloper. I’m very fond of horses like him.

“Donal and Geraldine (Spring) bred him and he’s given them so much enjoyment.

“He could look at races like the Greenlands and we could travel with him. We might go to Ascot and races like the Flying Five. He ran in the Abbaye last year and we might go there again.”

Aidan O'Brien said of Tenebrism:- “It was very tacky ground and the plan was to go to the Curragh (for the Greenlands) and then do the two races in Ascot.

“We might go to the Curragh and then just do the Diamond Jubilee. That’s the way we are thinking now.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)