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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Label too strong for hotpot Mac

Fri 8th Jul 2016, 20:00

Black Label (blinkers) is ridden out by Declan McDonogh to beat Tempo MacBlack Label (blinkers) is ridden out by Declan McDonogh to beat Tempo Mac
© Photo Healy Racing

Black Label gained a deserved win at Navan tonight when getting the better of the well-supported Tempo Mac in the 1m5f handicap.

The runner-up was sent to post a 11/10 shot having traded at 2/1 this morning. He came to lead a furlong-and-a-half from home but was soon tackled by Black Label.

The Ado McGuinness-trained runner got on top inside the final furlong and kept on gamely, under Declan McDonogh, to record a half length success.

The 8/1 winner had been placed on his last two outings at Leopardstown last month.

“He's a good few pound higher on the all-weather. He had two good solid runs at Leopardstown and ran into one or two,” said McGuinness.

“He has improved. He stays but he's a bit leery and only does enough.

“He's in Killarney over 2m1f and he's also in over fences. He's a serious horse to jump so we could go either way.”

1st
8/1
Tote €8.50 €1.60
2nd
0.5L
11/10Fav
€1.02
3rd
2.75L
16/1
€4.20
4th
1L
10/1
€3.00
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.