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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Killena Boy ends six year wait for a win!

Mon 8th Apr 2013, 15:59

Killena Boy and Seamie HeffernanKillena Boy and Seamie Heffernan
© Photo Healy Racing

Trainer Tom Foley rolled back the years with Killena Boy in the Kilkenny Handicap at Gowran today, producing the 11 year old gelding in fine fettle to win his first race in just short of six years.

Ridden by Seamie Heffernan, the son of Imperial Ballet battled gamely for a three parts of a length win over Quill And Vellum denying connections (Bolger/Manning) of the runner-up a treble on the day.

The winner had been off the track for three and a half years before making his debut for Foley in 2012 and was today recording his sixth career win and his first since winning for William Jarvis in May 2007.

Foley later mentioned “he is a little horse who has always been hard to get right. Only for Sharon (his daughter) we w have given up on him a long time ago , she persisted with him."

“From the word go, we wanted Seamie to ride him as he told us a lot about him when he rode him twice in the past. It came right today and we'll keep him on the go now.”

Quotes from Donal Murphy

1st
14/1
Tote €24.30 €4.40
2nd
0.75L
7/2Fav
€1.30
3rd
3.75L
14/1
€4.50
4th
0.5L
16/1
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.