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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Mullins & Townend complete Cork treble

Sun 22nd Nov 2020, 15:33

Yukon Lil and Paul Townend jump the lastYukon Lil and Paul Townend jump the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Champion Trainer Willie Mullins and Champion Jockey Paul Townend combined for trebles at Cork today as Yukon Lil made a winning fences debut, in the colours of John Magnier, in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF(Mares)Beginners Chase.

The daughter of Magnier's Champion Jumps stallion Flemsfirth was last seen when finishing fourth in the Mares' Novice Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March and today jumped well for a comfortable three and a half lengths win over Scarlet And Dove

Townend, who steered Mullins' earlier winners Ganapathi and Appreciate It later stated “she’s was very good. I galloped into the first a little bit but she was awesome after that. She took a chance down the straight but, on the whole, it was a brilliant round of jumping.

"I suppose she didn’t get a good run at last season as it was cut short, but she’s a smart mare and she’ll do well in those mares’ chases.”

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.