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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

All-conquering Carberry wins another bumper

Mon 25th Sep 2017, 17:54

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Nina Carberry enhanced her excellent record since returning to race-riding this week with a third winner from four rides in that period, when landing the concluding Thanks For Supporting Roscommon INH Bumper at Roscommon today on Flawless Escape

Carberry gave birth to baby Rosie Walsh in May and having returned to action with a winner at Ballinrobe on Thursday, followed up with another at Downpatrick on Friday before being beaten into third in the bumper at Navan on Saturday.

Today the dual Champion Amateur Jockey bounced back with another win on Flawless Escape, who easily justified 4/11 favouritism to complete a double on the day for trainer Gordon Elliott.

Flawless Escape’s win was also her first achieved in the colours of her sponsor Tim O’Driscoll, of O’Driscoll-O’Neill Insurance, and following the win, Elliott said “he's a nice horse and is a horse for next year, as he's a big raw, weak horse: as you can see he's massive.

“He had to do the donkey work and go out and make the running. I think he's a nice horse and he definitely won't run in another bumper.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

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.