Charlie Boy back for another winter

Charlie Boy at Randwick
Charlie Boy wins the Liverpool City Cup at Randwick in February, 2016. (Bradley Photos)

Rejuvenated veteran Charlie Boy can earn himself another chance at the winter carnival when he resumes at Doomben.

Charlie Boy was a regular in the winter carnival when trained in Sydney by Peter and Paul Snowden.

His six carnival starts for the Snowdens in 2015 and 2016 yielded a win in the Group Three BRC Sprint and a second and a third in the Doomben 10,000.

Charlie Boy lost some form and was switched to Tony Gollan at Eagle Farm before he was a late starter to the carnival last year, running second at Doomben in July.

At his fourth start for Gollan he won at Ipswich and was then sent for a spell.

Charlie Boy will be having his first since that win when he runs in the Listed Ascot Handicap (1200m) on Saturday.

Gollan is taking a cautious approach with Charlie Boy but isn’t ruling out the seven-year-old tackling some of the better races.

“He has had his share of problems but he trialled solidly and if you look he has a good first-up record. If he gets through Saturday we will look at some of the lower tier stakes races for him,” Gollan said.

“I won’t totally rule out a race like the Stradbroke but if will be up to him.”

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