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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Eleven year old gains maiden win

Thu 21st Aug 2014, 20:21

Valours MinionValours Minion
© Photo Healy Racing

The Val O'Brien trained Valours Minion gained a thoroughly belated debut win at Killarney today, winning the Malton.com Handicap Chase at the grand old age of 11, under jockey Danny Mullins.

O'Brien, renowned as a trainer who gets the most out of veteran chasers, was having his own first win since Carrow Queen at Limerick last December and following today's win, stated “he (Valours Minion) is too keen early in his races and that's as far as he wants. He ran over three miles at Roscommon the last day and pulled too hard.

“We'll go for a similar handicap next.”

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.