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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

'Group filly' gives Twomey one-in-four strike-rate

Fri 19th Jun 2020, 19:32

Sunday SweetSunday Sweet
© Photo Healy Racing

Paddy Twomey is maintaining a very impressive strike-rate with his runners and the Golden based trainer sent out a local winner at Tipperary today as his Sunday Sweet landed the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden under jockey Bill Lee.

Jockey Lee, who was earlier successful on the Willie McCreery trained Jungle Jane chased the leaders on the daughter of Elzaam who moved past leader Lough Swilly Pearl in the home straight before eventually staying on well to beat that 200/1 outsider into second.

Twomey was notching his third winner, from nine runners, post-lockdown and in total, this was his 33rd flat winner from 131 runners, meaning he has a 25% strike-rate since taking out his license in 2012.

Afterwards Twomey said “I felt she was weak last year and I said to the owner the best thing to do was leave her alone until this year and I think she'll make a lovely three year old.

“She was in the 1,000 Guineas until the five day stage and it wasn't by accident; she has Group entries and we'll see how she comes out of this and we'll take our time with her. I think she is Group class.”

1st
7/4
Tote €2.50 €1.10
2nd
4L
200/1
€35.80
3rd
nk
7/1
€2.20
4th
hd
7/2
bf
1.25L
13/8Fav
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.