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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Joshua leaves it late in three-miler

Thu 3rd Sep 2020, 18:59

Nobel Joshua (blue) comes to claim Hello Pilgrim (green)Nobel Joshua (blue) comes to claim Hello Pilgrim (green)
© Photo Healy Racing

The Gordon Elliott-trained Nobel Joshua lunged late to land the spoils in a tight finish to the Derrinlaur Opportunity Handicap Hurdle at Clonmel.

There were plenty in with a shout turning for home in the three-miler and it was a long run-in with the two flights in the home straight taken out due to the low lying sun. Thousand Tears had a narrow lead bypassing the normal second last but was worn down by Hello Pilgrim inside the final furlong.

He was pipped on the line, however, as Sean O'Keeffe conjured a late charge from 12/1 shot Nobel Joshua for a head success.

The winning four-year-old was recording his first success over jumps having won on the Flat for previous connections.

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.