Mister Carter can revel in the soft conditions

MISTER CARTER is fancied to land the Grade 3 Juvenile Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon, should the meeting pass a 7.30am inspection.

Mister Carter can revel in the soft conditions
Sat, 08 Jan, 2011 - 00:00
Pat Keane

A horse who clearly revels in soft ground, his only success on the flat came in such conditions, the selection made a winning start over jumps at Limerick at Christmas. Soon in front, Mister Carter made the rest of the running, surviving a near-disastrous blunder at the last to easily beat Tillahow.

The relatively experienced Fearless Falcon is the form horse, having chased home Sailors Warn in a Grade 2 at Leopardstown.

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CourtsRacingPlace: PunchestownPlace: LimerickPlace: LeopardstownPlace: CheltenhamPlace: FrancePlace: NavanPerson: Mister CarterPerson: TillahowPerson: SailorsPerson: Tommy StackPerson: Willie MullinsPerson: MenorahPerson: Mullins’Person: SamainPerson: Eddie HalesPerson: MullinsPerson: JessiesPerson: Mikael D’HaguenetPerson: Realt DubhPerson: Tijuana DancerPerson: Philip RothwellPerson: Tony McCoyPerson: BallyburkeEvent: ChristmasEvent: ChaseEvent: Punchestown FestivalEvent: O’Connor Memorial HurdleEvent: Drinmore ChaseEvent: MCROrganisation: INH Stallion Owners’Organisation: EBF Maiden HurdleOrganisation: Mullins’Organisation: FairyhouseOrganisation: LeopardstownOrganisation: Prima Vista
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