Alyse Clarke passes the post on The Bog Bank© Photo Healy Racing
Alyse Clarke, from Kentstown Co Meath, partnered her first winner aboard The Bog Bank in the apprentice handicap at Bellewstown.
Course specialist The Bog Bank (11/2) led from the stalls, but was headed by Ten To Ten after two furlongs.
She worked her way back to the front a furlong and a half down and kept on well over the road crossing to come in by three lengths. Perfect Curves took the runner-up spot at 16/1 and was a length and a-quarter in front of The World's Astage (11/1).
Clarke said: "It feels amazing!
"I'd like to thank Tom (McCourt, trainer) and the owners for the ride.
"I've wanted to be a jockey since I was seven or eight.
"I've just finished school, so I'm just starting to ride out most mornings."
McCourt added: "She's apprenticed to me and had a few spins in the winter at Dundalk for experience.
"She has just finished her Leaving Cert. I think she is taking a year out (from college) to give it a year with me and see how the racing goes.
"The Bog Bank was down nearly a stone from this time las year, so realistically she had to have a serious chance.
"She (Clarke) did everything perfectly."
