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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Barrier Trial winner Barbapapa gets off the mark

Fri 14th Jan 2022, 18:49

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© Photo Healy Racing

Course Barrier Trial winner Barbapapa got off the mark on his third racecourse outing at Dundalk today, as the Henry De Bromhead trained gelding won the Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden.

By Starspangledbanner and out of a Galileo-sired mare, Barbapapa won his Barrier Trial in August and today, under jockey Mark Enright, made most of the running and eventually shook off persistent challenger Brave Troop (80/1) to score by three parts of a length.

Enright later stated “he's a fine big horse, a beautiful horse, and I'd say the further he goes the better he'll get.

“He won a barrier trial here and was probably a little disappointing up here last time but he's massive to be running as a two-year-old.

“I'd say whatever he does in the next while will be a bonus because when he grows into his frame he could be a nice horse.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
10/3JFav
Tote €4.34 €1.98
2nd
0.75L
80/1
€8.36
3rd
hd
6/1
€2.53
4th
2.25L
15/2
bf
0.75L
10/3JFav
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.