Markason lands tidy gamble

THE Gerry Cully-trained Markason landed a tidy gamble in a division of the Clonee Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday, providing jockey Davy Condon with his first triumph over hurdles.

Markason, backed from 14/1 to 5/1, justified the support by outpointing Bricklad by a half-length in the two and a half mile event, prompting the Stewards to hold an enquiry into the four-year-old's 'improvement in form'.

Trainer Cully told the stewards that Markason had suffered an over-reach, which necessitated stitches, in his penultimate start (at Ballinrobe). But, the enquiry was adjourned, because the video of his last run, at Clonmel, was not available.