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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Akhlaaq wins Leopardstown's finale

Sun 11th Apr 2021, 17:54

Akhlaaq and Robbie Colgan Akhlaaq and Robbie Colgan
© Photo Healy Racing

Akhlaaq was a 16/1 winner for trainer Tony Martin in the concluding Gain The Advantage Series Handicap (Div II) at Leopardstown today, scoring under jockey Robbie Colgan.

Late Hamdan Al Maktoum sold Akhlaaq for £22,000 from trainer Owen Burrows' yard in October 2018 and while subsequently absent for 631 days, reappeared in 2020 with six unplaced runs which saw his rating fall from 82 to today's 65.

The son of New Approach today defeated Pinpointed by half a length and afterwards jockey Colgan, recording his first winner of the new flat season, reported “he’s a nice horse and the ground helped him a bit. He was on fire today and travelled around really well.

“He’s come down a bit in the ratings which also helped and it didn’t look the greatest race on paper. Everything played to his strengths.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
16/1
Tote €24.70 €5.50
2nd
0.75L
12/1
€4.40
3rd
hd
7/1
€2.20
4th
0.5L
4/1JFav
bf
nk
4/1JFav
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.