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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Numeral on mark again for Doyle

Fri 25th Apr 2014, 18:18

Roman Numeral (right) tackles Luimneach Abu Roman Numeral (right) tackles Luimneach Abu
© Photo Healy Racing

Roman Numeral followed up his recent success at Tramore with a hard fought victory in the two-mile handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan.

Eoin Doyle's charge landed a nice touch, returning an 11/4 shot having traded at 7/1 this morning.

Mikey Butler drove his mount up to challenge Luimneach Abu at the second last flight and he did well to survive a mistake at the last.

Roman Numeral appeared to bump into his rival on the run-in but was on top close home to record a two-and-a-quarter length win.

“He'll continue in handicaps and I'm sure the handicapper will get hold of him eventually,” said Doyle. Swiftmarc was sent off the 5/2 favourite to follow up on his chase success at Clonmel earlier in the month but could only finish fifth.

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

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.