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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Brassil targets County Hurdle with Naas winner

Sat 13th Feb 2021, 16:46

You Raised Me Up (nearest) jumps the lastYou Raised Me Up (nearest) jumps the last
© Photo Healy Racing

You Raised Me Up defied a 143 days absence and top weight to land the Red Mills EBF Auction Novice Hurdle at Naas today as winning trainer Martin Brassil targets some loftier prizes.

The son of Presenting won his previous start, a maiden hurdle at the Listowel Festival, in September and today reappeared in fine fettle as he fought off the challenge of race-fit maiden Petibonome receiving 8lbs, to score a half length win under Grade 1 winning jockey Darragh O'Keeffe.

Afterwards Brassil stated “we were waiting for a bit of nicer ground and I didn’t think we were going to get it. Anyway I wanted to run him here to qualify for the Final in Punchestown and also a stepping stone to running in the County Hurdle in Cheltenham.

“Sean and Bernadine (Mulryan) like to run in the Festival meetings.”

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.