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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Yafordadoe off the mark over hurdles

Fri 24th Jul 2020, 17:08

Yafordadoe (left)Yafordadoe (left)
© Photo Healy Racing

Dual flat handicapper winner Yafordadoe got off the mark at the sixth attempt over hurdles at Cork today as the Gavin Cromwell trained four year old easily won the Cork (C & G) Maiden Hurdle under jockey Jonathan Moore.

The son of Zebedee won his last two flat starts, at the Curragh and Galway, in October 2019 and today ended a five race losing spell over jumps when beating Glory by four and a quarter lengths.

Cromwell's assistant Feidhlim Cunningham later reported “you'd be hoping from his rating that he'd do that and he was entitled to win as it wasn't the greatest contest.

“He had form in juvenile maidens last year and the bit of rain that came was ideal for him. Galway will come too soon and we'll look further down the line.”

The race also featured leading owner Barry Connell's first runner as a licensed trainer with Surmise which was unplaced.

1st
15/8Fav
Tote €3.00 €1.20
2nd
4.25L
13/2
€2.30
3rd
0.75L
8/1
€2.60
4th
0.5L
9/2
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.