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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

De Bromhead's Royal Highness gains maiden win

Fri 13th Dec 2019, 20:44

Royal HighnessRoyal Highness
© Photo Healy Racing

Royal Highness gained a deserved breakthrough win at Dundalk today as the Henry De Bromhead trained filly justified 2/1 favouritism under Bill Lee in the BetVictor Bet E5 Get E30 Offer Maiden.

The daughter of Dream Ahead finished second on career debut at Tipperary in June and while she failed to win in six subsequent starts, did collect prizemoney on each start and today got off the mark at the seventh start when beating runner-up Arnhem comfortably by three lengths.

Lee was completing a double having earlier steered Apricot Moon to a maiden win and following the race the Group 1 winning jockey stated ““it was a good performance. The draw wasn't great but we went a good gallop and I was able to get into a nice position, not too wide the whole way,” said Lee.

“I travelled well into the straight, picked up well, and she's won just doing enough.

“Hopefully there is more to come from her. Hopefully now that she has her head in front she can continue on an upward curve.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
2/1Fav
Tote €3.00 €1.20
2nd
3L
4/1
€1.70
3rd
1.25L
12/1
€3.70
4th
1.75L
4/1
About Tom Weekes
A lifelong racing fan, Tom began writing point to point reports in 2002 and has reported for irishracing.com since 2003, when he joined Irish Racing Services - since taken over by the Press Association. Has ridden a point to point winner and won the 2018 Irish Field Naps Table.