Snow Falcon and Sean Flanagan© Photo Healy Racing
Snow Falcon completed a great day for Noel Meade and Sean Flanagan at Leopardstown when taking the concluding Midland Legal Solicitors Beginners Chase.
The same combination teamed up to land the featured Leopardstown Christmas Chase with Road To Respect and duly doubled up in this 2m5f event just over half an hour later.
Sutton Place was withdrawn about 20 minutes before the race due to concerns about the ground (officially yielding, soft in places), and the remaining five-runner event rather fell apart with a trio of fallers including 5/6 favourite Bacardys (about a mile from home).
Snow Falcon (11/8) readily accounted for sole rival Wishmoor in the straight and eventually came home 28 lengths clear.
Meade said, “I thought he'd win anyway even if the other fella had stayed in. He's a fair steed and he jumps fences a lot better than he jumped hurdles. He used to blitz hurdles out of the ground and when he missed one he just missed it.
“Going over fences he's changed and he does everything right. I suppose it was a non event after yer man fell but we won't complain about that.
“We'll see what happens tomorrow now with the other guy (Moulin A Vent). We were going to run him tomorrow but then when we decided when the other lad won the beginners that he was alright and we'd run him in the Grade One and let this lad wait.
“He could possibly go to Naas for that three-mile race or come back here for the Festival. He might come back here as he likes that nicer ground.”
Paddy Power have introduced Snow Falcon at 25/1 for the RSA Chase.
(GC & AM)
