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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Snowell gets the job done for Doyle

Thu 20th Feb 2014, 16:31

Snowell and Johnny Burke only have a loose horse for company at the final hurdle Snowell and Johnny Burke only have a loose horse for company at the final hurdle
© Photo Healy Racing

Snowell was easy to back in the amateurs handicap hurdle at Clonmel but ran out a convincing winner none-the-less under Johnny Burke.

Liz Doyle's charge had finished a decent third at Fairyhouse last month but after trading as short as 5/2 this morning was sent off 9/2 favourite on track.

He was produced to lead before the second last in the two-mile contest and asserted going to the final flight to record a three-and-three-quarter length success over Roman Numeral

“He's an 82 horse and that's him. It if was going to happen today was going to be his day and he got a beautiful ride,” said Doyle.

“We had his mother, who was born with one eye. For some reason we decided to run her in a point-to-point and she ended up breaking my collarbone and shoulder!”

There was money for several horses in the race including Green Energy (20/1 into 10/1) who departed at the first and Foolish Notions (20/1 into 8/1) who looked a threat turning for home and eventually finished third.

(Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes)

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.