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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Flanagan bags winner on eve of wedding

Fri 10th Sep 2021, 17:00

Too Bright and Sean Flanagan lead Powerful Kieran at the lastToo Bright and Sean Flanagan lead Powerful Kieran at the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Sean Flanagan prepared for his wedding to Lauren Carragher tomorrow by riding a winner at Ballinrobe today, landing the opening A History In The Making Maiden Hurdle on the Noel Meade trained Too Bright (5/1 — 3/1).

The juvenile hurdle had eight runners with Too Bright, making his jumps debut, surviving a blunder at the first before eventually scoring hard-held by two and a half lengths from Powerful Kieran

Following the race trainer Meade stated “he’d been schooling great at home and I’d say the hurdles probably improved him on the Flat as well. He was lucky not to go down at the first but after that he was brilliant.

“I was worried that the ground might be too soft for him as a few times before he ran bad and I was blaming the ground.

“He’ll probably go for a winners race and he can go back on the Flat at some stage as well.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

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.