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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Double for Meade at Down Royal

Fri 2nd Nov 2012, 16:33

Apache Stronghold and Nina Carberry win the bumperApache Stronghold and Nina Carberry win the bumper
© Photo Healy Racing

Noel Meade completed a good day's work at Down Royal today as his Apache Stronghold made a winning debut in the concluding Archie Watson Memorial Bumper, to complete a notable double on the day for the multiple Champion Trainer.

Meade's potentially high class Monksland earlier took the featured Grade 2 WKD Hurdle and Apache Stronghold looks another useful recruit to the yard, when justifying 9/4f favouritism in the concluding winners' bumper.

Ridden by Nina Carberry, the son of Milan moved to the front over a furlong out and stayed on well for a three lengths win over Isle View

Afterwards Meade stated “ Apache Stronghold was a lovely big horse last season but we didn't get much done with him. Paul (Carberry) rode work on him last week and we were a bit worried about the ground here but he got through it well and I imagine he'll go jumping now. He's a great big horse.”

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.