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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Dempsey's run goes on, and on

Sun 15th Oct 2017, 17:12

Teacher's Pet (left)Teacher's Pet (left)
© Photo Healy Racing

Next week can’t come soon enough for Philip Dempsey as the in-form trainer combined with his jockey son Luke for another winner, with Teacher’s Pet in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Rated Novice Chase at Cork today.

The daughter of Oscar was scoring a sixth career win, and completing a double on the day for her owner J.P. McManus, when scoring a ready won over Logical Song

Afterwards trainer Dempsey, who had five winners in September and was recording his third success this month, stated “she is starting to learn her job now and conditions suited her and it’s not too bad out there and she likes that ground. We’ll stick to something similar and will talk to Frank (Berry).

“The stable is in great form and long may it last and they couldn’t be better.”

Former amateur jockey Dempsey is pencilled in for a ride in the John Shortt Legends Race at Punchestown on Thursday and with plans firmly in place, he quipped “preparations are going well with running and cycling, but I’ll be glad to get off that bike - I’m sick of it, and the running as well!”

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.