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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Merlin Giant canters to bumper win

Fri 10th Sep 2021, 20:00

Merlin Giant and Derek O'ConnorMerlin Giant and Derek O'Connor
© Photo Healy Racing

Merlin Giant justified strong 4/9 favouritism to easily win Ballinrobe's concluding Eamon Sheridan Groundworks Bumper today, scoring for trainer Emmet Mullins and jockey Derek O'Connor.

Flat bred by Camelot, the four year old had previously failed by half a length to win at the Galway festival and today defeated three previous bumper winners when scoring readily from Eco Pete

Mullins wasn't present and afterwards O’Connor, who this year won his first Punchestown Champion Bumper on Kilcruit, stated “he (Merlin Giant) had a high level of form and is far superior to the summer bumper form at the moment.

“He never came out of a canter and could be a nice horse.

“Thankfully the ground is safe, they have done a lovely job here and the rain is after helping.”

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.