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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Dempseys enjoy a Navan First

Sat 23rd Sep 2017, 15:17

Kilkeaskins FirstKilkeaskins First
© Photo Healy Racing

Father and son Philip and Luke Dempsey combined to win the N.I. Children's Hospice EBF Handicap Hurdle at Navan today with Kilkeaskins First who was following up a recent win at Kilbeggan earlier this month.

Jockey Luke Dempsey moved the son of Mountain High clear from the second last and from there the pair recorded an easy five lengths win over Fiesole

Kilkeaskins First was registering a third career win and afterwards his trainer Philip Dempsey commented “he’s obviously improved and that seems to be the way to ride him. He jumped away well and coped well with the extra 9lb (for his Kilbeggan win).

“He’s a horse that always showed an awful lot at home but was disappointing on the track. We were probably running him over the wrong trip, and I’d say he’s a two-miler.”

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.