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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Shark's Steel secures fourth win in three months

Sun 11th Oct 2020, 15:50

Ballinaboola Steel and Bryan Cooper jump the lastBallinaboola Steel and Bryan Cooper jump the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Ballinaboola Steel registered a fourth win in three months at Limerick today as the Shark Hanlon trained eight year old won the David Fitzgerald Memorial Handicap Hurdle under jockey Bryan Cooper.

The son of Craigsteel was produced to lead early in the home straight by Cooper and at the line the pair stayed on well for a two and a quarter lengths win over Ask Heather

Gold Cup winner Cooper was in self-deprecating mood following the race and joked “it was a fair performance as I was like 'Mary Malowney' on him coming up the straight getting there too soon!

“He is a tough little horse and it is a fair training performance to win four races (since August), which is not easy do.

“He'll have to go up in class now and there could be the Porterstown handicap coming up at Navan for him and he could be the type to try for the Pertemps Final down the road.”

“I'm in once a week at Shark's.”

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.