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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Dariak back to winning ways

Sat 19th Nov 2011, 14:28

The almost white Dariak proved a game winner of the Ladbrokes Supporting Irish Sports Hurdle at Punchestown today, making all for trainer Tom Foley and jockey Davy Condon.

The son of Highest Honour’s racing style is not dissimilar to Desert Orchid’s and while he has nowhere near the same ability, did show plenty of enthusiasm to defeat See U Bob

Afterwards Foley said “Dariak would give you every bit he has and it’s nice to come back and get a win with him – he has been off for three years after hurting himself here in 2008.

“It is getting harder to get him fit with age and it took a lot of work to get him right today. The plan was always to give him a couple of runs over hurdles and then go chasing as jumping is no bother to him. If a real nice hurdle comes up I might run him but I don’t want to wait too long before going over fences. I think he’ll stay three miles and good ground is no bother to him either.”

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.