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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Operating makes it third time lucky

Wed 9th May 2012, 20:42

Operating leads Jennies Jewel inside the final furlongOperating leads Jennies Jewel inside the final furlong
© Photo Healy Racing

The Jessica Harrington trained Operating made it third time lucky in the May Evening Meetings Bumper at Punchestown today but things didn't exactly go according to plan for the 4/7 favourite, under Mark Fahey.

Operating didn't get the clearest of passages into the straight and once produced with his challenge along the running rail, drifted left inside the final furlong. At the line Operating was kept up to his work to record a length win over Jennies Jewel (trained by Mark Fahey's brother Jarlath).

The stewards subsequently held an enquiry into the interference but left the result unchanged.

Following the win, Harrington said “Mark (Fahey) reported to me that he was hanging out a bit in the straight.

“He is a big three mile chaser and we'll put him away now and he'll come back over hurdles as his is still only a five year old.”

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.