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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

McManus' Bulletin wins Limerick's opener

Fri 26th Dec 2014, 13:57

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Local trained Eric McNamara kicked off Limerick's Christmas festival with a winner as his Irish Bulletin under Mark Walsh, justified 11/8 favouritism to win the opening Download The Free Racing FM App Maiden Hurdle today.

Afterwards McNamara reported of the J.P. McManus owned gelding "he was entitled to win on form and I was surprised he hadn't won a maiden hurdle before now. He's won on the right day though and he'll win races in the future.

"We'll go down the handicap route with him and, in fairness to him, it's heavy out there today and he's a flat horse at the end out the day."

By Thomas Weekes

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.