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Jockey Quinlan completes Clonmel double

Zinat (right)Zinat (right)
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Jockey Liam Quinlan completed a double at Clonmel today as he steered the Roger McGrath trained Zinat to win the Killaloan Handicap Hurdle.

The daughter of Holy Roman Emperor was previously successful in a Dundalk flat maiden in January 2017 and while unsuccessful in 20 subsequent starts, today was produced to lead by Quinlan on the run-in when scoring a length and three parts win over Ashton Court .

McGrath later stated “she deserved it and got nice summer ground today. We changed tactics today and it was probably our fault all along; she liked it out in front but we said we'd go the opposite today and just dropped her in.

“She might have a go on the flat now as she has a nice rating and if the ground is good we might go for a 1m4f handicap. She'll turn out again fairly soon as she handled her racing well.”

Jockey Quinlan had earlier won on the Mouse Morris trained Nero Rock .

1st
9/2JFav
Tote €3.40 €1.02
2nd
1.75L
9/2JFav
€2.50
3rd
2.5L
14/1
€4.40
4th
3.25L
20/1
About Tom Weekes
A lifelong racing fan, Tom began writing point to point reports in 2002 and has reported for irishracing.com since 2003, when he joined Irish Racing Services - since taken over by the Press Association. Has ridden a point to point winner and won the 2018 Irish Field Naps Table.