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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Bolger and Manning win tight finale with Latchet

Fri 24th May 2019, 20:35

Latchet (centre)Latchet (centre)
© Photo Healy Racing

Latchet gained her third win this year when coming out best in a three-way photo-finish to the concluding Curragh Grand Opening Handicap at the Curragh today.

Trainer Jim Bolger and his wife and winning owner Jackie Bolger endured a three year wait, from 2016-18, for success with Latchet but today she followed up wins at Dundalk in January and at Leopardstown last month when edging ahead close home for a head and a nose success over Mutadaawel and Treble Cone

Afterwards winning jockey Kevin Manning mentioned of the daughter of Intense Focus “she was brave in the finish and really stuck her head out. She’s quite versatile trip wise.”

Quotes by Alan Magee

1st
12/1
Tote €7.80 €1.80
2nd
hd
16/1
€4.80
3rd
nose
7/1
€1.70
4th
1L
14/1
€4.20
bf
hd
6/1Fav
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.