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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

McManus completes treble with Duffys Getaway

Tue 12th Dec 2023, 16:03

Duffys Getaway and Simon TorrensDuffys Getaway and Simon Torrens
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Duffys Getaway (11/2) registerd consecutive wins today to provide owner J.P. McManus with a Punchestown treble, having landed the William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap Hurdle for trainer Philip Rothwell and jockey Simon Torrens.

The six-year-old won from the basement hurdles' rating of 80 at Fairyhouse in November and today stepped up again, defying a 9lb rise to comfortably beat Spic Diva by 10 lengths.

Rothwell revealed “he's not one that I'd have had my euro on! I wouldn't have been over confident but it's great that he's backed up the last day and went and done it again.

“I'm really pleased because he's a horse that had hugely disappointed us. We gave him a break, he wears a tongue-strap and obviously has got a level of confidence from the last day and kicked on forward.

“He won very well the last day and we'll go easy on him now and probably aim at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day or something in the New Year. Hopefully he'll come out of this okay.

“He has a little wind issue so to see him getting through that is great.”

Owner McManus was earlier successful with the Jimmy Mangan-trained Spillane's Tower and Willie Mullins' Elixir D'ainay

Quotes from Gary Carson

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.