"We knew that we wanted to start a family," says
Snipe. "We knew that there would be some adjustments, so it was just a matter of determining how we were going to do it."
Among the best-known horses who raced for
Snipe were Maystreak, a successful sprinter of the 1970s trained by Peter Easterby; former Australian eventer Stoney Crossing, bought after running in the Cheltenham Gold Cup; and Saucy Kit, bought after winning the 1967 Champion Hurdle.
During the 1992-93 and 1993-94 hunting seasons, small game hunters pursuing common
snipe were allowed to use lead shot after the waterfowl season.
Although it looks like a
snipe, a Jack
Snipe is actually a different family entirely, the only one of its kind in the world.
It featured a sharp decorative spike on the top, but these were soon replaced by more rounded headgear following protests by officers after PC
Snipe's death.
If we're lucky, we might get
snipe nesting there, too."
The
Snipe tended to perform upwards of half a stone better at Cheltenham than elsewhere.
I believe I photographed a
snipe fly at Moston Fairway, in Manchester, recently.
Snipe, a 16-month-old cocker spaniel, has undergone weeks of training to detect problem pipes by sniffing out tiny amounts of chlorine in tap water.
Cocker spaniel
Snipe, 16 months, is trained to sniff out chlorine in tap water.