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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Sheila's Hope completes hat-trick for McConnell & Madden

Wed 27th Jun 2018, 20:27

Sheila's HopeSheila's Hope
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The John McConnell trained Sheila's Hope completed a hat-trick of recent wins at Naas this evening when landing the Hermitage Green Live After Racing Handicap under regular rider Tom Madden.

The daughter of Casamento has maintained a 100% unbeaten record this year and having won at Cork and Fairyhouse last month, got off the mark at the first attempt for June when today making all to beat Machiavelli by three and three parts of a length.

McConnell later commented “she's obviously progressing. She's a very straight-forward filly, bowls along and picks up and it looks like she'd stay a mile-and-a-half on that.

“I don't know what the plans are now. The owner (Peter Commane) and I sit down and then I do what I'm told!

“It's great and she's really going the right way. We'll see what the handicapper does, he's probably going to have his way now.

“You never know with these fillies that keep going the right way. She doesn't owe us anything now anyway and just has the winning habit and knows how to run. That's a good thing to have and not every horse has that.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
10/3JFav
Tote €3.60 €1.40
2nd
3.75L
10/3JFav
€1.30
3rd
4.75L
9/2
€1.70
4th
1.75L
20/1
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.