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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Urban Sea descendant wins on Dundalk debut

Tue 12th Apr 2022, 19:24

Lily Pond Lily Pond
© Photo Healy Racing

Urban Sea's direct descendant Lily Pond made an impressive winning debut today, landing Dundalk's Irishinjuredjockeys.com (Fillies) Maiden at 7/1, for Ballydoyle and under Champion Jockey Colin Keane.

Lily Pond (by Galileo) is the great great granddaughter of Prix de l'Arc winner Urban Sea, the dam of Galileo and Sea The Stars, and while friendless in the market, quickened smartly to score by two and three parts of a length from Selador

Winning trainer Aidan O'Brien's representative Chris Armstrong later said "she's a lovely filly with a lovely pedigree. She's from the family of Galileo so Aidan will step her up to one of the Oaks Trials next and then we'll go from there.

“She got a lovely ride from Colin and hopefully can step up to the next grade. All being well, she will eventually make a lovely broodmare."

Quotes from Michael Graham

1st
7/1
Tote €8.00 €1.80
2nd
2.75L
13/2
€1.40
3rd
0.5L
9/2
€1.60
4th
2.75L
33/1
bf
1.25L
5/6Fav
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.