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Articles By Tom Weekes

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.
Tue 12th May 2026
Femme Beauty and Shane Foley (second from right)

Femme Beauty scores for Foley & Condon

7.39PM

Glyfada and Gavin Ryan

Consecutive wins for Irish Oaks-entrant

6.33PM

Mon 11th May 2026
Senecia and Philip Enright (white and red colours, second from left)

Senecia wins Killarney's featured An Riocht Chase

8.34PM

Midnight Jet and Darragh O Keeffe jump the last

Midnight Jet blazes a trail to beat Colombus at Killarney

7.38PM

Sun 10th May 2026
Annie Button and Danny Gilligan (near side)

Annie Button secures Cork success

5.37PM

Local News and Josh Williamson (right) jump the last

Local News shocks at Cork

5.28PM

Sat 9th May 2026
Butch Cassidy and Brian Hayes jump the last

Hayes gets off the mark for new season

4.39PM

Sainte Lucie and Paul Townend jump the last

Mullins & Townend take the lead on Day 7 of new season

3.02PM

Fri 8th May 2026
Coco's Legacy and Oran McGill

Flynn lands the finale for Eastwood family

9.04PM

Dinoland and Sam Ewing

Crawford collects in 'Caughoo' Chase

8.41PM

Tero D'Rosa and Shane Foley

Foley completes Ballinrobe double

8.13PM

Lough Leane and Megan Telford Kelly

Ahern registers first success since moving to the Curragh

8.00PM

Sea Of Doubt and Josh Williamson (left)

Donoghue's Doubt delivers under Williamson

7.30PM

Glamazon and Shane Foley (pink colours, stall 3)

Glamazon earns win number one

7.05PM

A Pretty Penny and Julian Pietropaolo

Cody registers first training success

6.59PM

Gangster Granny and Sean Flanagan (right, blue and white colours)

Galway Plate-winning trainer ends lean spell

6.34PM

Marmeladova and Billy Lee

Marmeladova scores for Lee and Condon

6.26PM

Roc Dino and Paul Townend (far side)

Mullins & Townend get first wins of new season

5.40PM

Ballinrobe's opening race winner Personified

Chester Cup-winner O'Brien lands Ballinrobe's opener

5.12PM

Mon 4th May 2026
Thesecretadversary

Stack eyeing Group 1 prizes with Adversary

8.59AM

Sun 3rd May 2026
Atomic City and Dylan Browne McMonagle (far side), with Abbotsford

'Fit as a flee' Browne McMonagle completes Cork double

5.50PM

Yousaynothingatall and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Champion Browne McMonagle returns with Cork winner

5.40PM

Johnny Soda and Sam Coen

Johnny Soda gains breakthrough success

5.17PM

Londonofficecallin and Robert Whearty (right)

Londonofficecallin springs Cork Derby surprise

5.12PM

Royal Bay Cen and Ben Coen are clear

French-import wins Polonia Stakes sprint by nine lengths

4.47PM

Key Witness and Alan Persse (left)

Flynn's bargain-buy completes hat-trick

4.40PM

Samurai Mike and Seamie Heffernan

Samurai Mike scores for Hong Kong connections

2.53PM

Edward Thatch and Donagh O'Connor

Swashbuckling success for Edward Thatch

2.01PM

Inothewayurthinkin

Cromwell searching for answers with Thinkin

8.31AM

Sat 2nd May 2026
Touch The Moon and Neil Durkan

Durkan family appropriately wins Punchestown Charity Race

7.52PM

Sat 25th Apr 2026
Thehell Parrtnership celebrate the announcement of their photo-finish winner

Heaven for Thehell Partnership at Limerick

5.59PM

Queen Lioness and Paddy Harnett

Lioness defies a long layoff at Limerick

3.59PM

Fri 24th Apr 2026
Limestone and Joey Sheridan (far side) with Mr Vettori

In-form Sheridan gives Joseph O'Brien a Cork double

8.14PM

Buccaneer’s Spirit and Sam Coen

Buccaneer's Spirit scores for Blarney Street-syndicate

7.41PM

Thu 23rd Apr 2026
Jawhary and Adam Caffrey

McGuinness completes Dundalk double

8.41PM

Drucker and Declan McDonogh

Dundalk winner Drucker gives Andy Slattery another

8.23PM

Bay Of Stars and Colin Keane

Weld gets off the mark for new season

8.08PM

Winner 'number 1' for Cillian Rowan, on top-weight Comfort Line

Rowan gets going with Dundalk winner

7.57PM

Queen Leila and Shane Kelly

Lesser fancied stablemate wins at Dundalk

7.40PM

Boston Max and Chris Hayes

Boston Max shows improvement to win on handicap debut

6.29PM

Real Encounter and Shane Foley

Real Encounter wins Dundalk's opener

5.46PM

Al Riffa with Mikey Hamill

Al Riffa continues world tour in new French Group 1 race

8.44AM

Wed 22nd Apr 2026
Prom Queen (right)

Birthday present Prom comes good for Shah

8.05PM

Kitty Bear and Orla Tynan (blue cap)

Kitty another for red hot Slattery

7.42PM

Colin Keane

Keane receives seven-day suspension

7.22PM

Chirac and Ronan Whelan lead them home

Chirac collects in style for Feane

7.14PM

City Of Memphis and Billy Lee

Memphis makes winning return

6.46PM

Rion Rubette and Paddy Harnett (nearest) grab Greydreambeliever

Rubette arrives late to land fillies handicap

6.13PM

Go Just Do It (left) races clear

No problems for Do It as O'Brien doubles up

5.37PM

Perisher and Declan McDonogh (far side) beat Alphonsus Liguori

Perisher holds off stablemate Liguori in Gowran opener

5.05PM

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