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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Warrior wows with Wexford win

Sun 6th Mar 2022, 17:07

Arctic Warrior jumps spectacularly at the fourth flightArctic Warrior jumps spectacularly at the fourth flight
© Photo Healy Racing

Champion Trainer Willie Mullins swerved Leopardstown in favour of Wexford today and witnessed his J.P. McManus owned Arctic Warrior (5/2) put his best foot forward to win the Micheal O'Murchadha Memorial Handicap Hurdle.

The error-prone son of Pastorius had pulled up, finished last and fallen on three recent outings and today put in a spectacular leap at the fourth flight, jumping shadow-and-all, en route to making all under jockey Jody McGarvey.

Mullins, earlier successful with Whiskey Sour at Leopardstown, commented “Jody was very positive on him and it paid off with his jumping. He’ll get confidence from that and I think he’ll improve.”

“That ground is very tacky and I think he’ll be better on nicer ground.

“We’ll go slowly up in grade. After those couple of falls he needs to get his confidence back.”

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.