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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Murphy & Halpin Seal Gowran double

Mon 15th Oct 2018, 17:03

Solomons Seal (far side)Solomons Seal (far side)
© Photo Healy Racing

Trainer Joe Murphy and jockey Gary Halpin must have been well chuffed with the decision to divide the Join Gowran Park Racing Club Handicap at Gowran, and the pair today combined to win both races with Solomons Seal completing the feat in the second 'split'.

Murphy's horses have shown terrific improvement in recent months, having been laid low by a summer virus, and the trainer is now averaging a horse-a-week to shed its maiden tag. Those six individual winning maidens have now bagged seven winners for Murphy since September 6.

Jockey Halpin steered Murphy's Littlevix to win the earlier division, and following Solomons Seal's success said “it’s great to ride winners for Joe as he’s been good to me and supported me since I lost my claim. He handled the ground well but he’d probably be better on better ground.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
6/1JFav
Tote €5.40 €1.50
2nd
shd
25/1
€6.10
3rd
3.25L
8/1
€2.60
4th
1.75L
6/1JFav
€1.70
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.