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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Sky Marshal justifies favouritism for Byrnes & Brouder

Mon 5th Aug 2019, 16:18

Sky Marshal and Kevin Brouder Sky Marshal and Kevin Brouder
© Photo Healy Racing

Trainer Charles Byrnes finished off a successful Galway festival yesterday with his gambled winner Mr Smith and today bagged the Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle at Cork with heavily supported 4/6 favourite Sky Marshal

Byrnes registered two winners including Mr Smith, which was backed late-on from 16/1 to 8s, at last week's festival and today's winner Sky Marshal was one of his six beaten horses for the week.

Today Sky Marshal made much of the running before scoring an easy six lengths win over Pike County

Byrnes wasn't present and afterwards jockey Brouder stated "he had a good run at Galway (finished third) and had been knocking on the door for a while.

"The last horse (Byrnes' Give Battle I rode in the earlier race was just unlucky but I had luck in my corner there."

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.