Snow go for Smart

BRYAN Smart really had to put his back into it to get his horses to Musselburgh yesterday and his efforts were rewarded when Nortune ran out a 10-1 winner of the totesport 0800 221 221 Maiden Stakes.

Mon, 24 Mar, 2008 - 00:00
Ray Gilpin

Despite running green on only his second appearance on a racecourse, the Paul Mulrennan-ridden three-year-old got up in the final strides to beat Prince Kalamoun by a neck.

Smart is based high up at Hambleton in North Yorkshire and he explained: “I heard the tractor going at quarter to five this morning and when I looked out I saw my assistant Kevin Edmunds clearing the snow from the drive.

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