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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

'Smart' Santa Rossa wins on debut for McLoughlin & O'Hare

Sat 15th Dec 2018, 15:55

Dermot McLoughlinDermot McLoughlin
© Photo Healy Racing

Santa Rossa was the third big-priced winner at Fairyhouse today as the Dermot McLoughlin trained filly made a smart debut to win the concluding Irish Racing Yearbook EBF Bumper under jockey Mark O'Hare. Mick The Jiver (18/1) and Havingagoodtime (25/1) were earlier big-priced victors and Santa Rossa did her bit for bookmakers when winning the finale, also at 25/1, and beating 3/1 favourite Fasola Tido into second place.

The winner carries the Conway colours of former stars Harcon and Notre Pere and after the race McLoughlin stated “

she's a nice filly. We've always liked her, we just didn't get her on grass at home with the way the ground was.

“I spotted this race and said we'd start her here. What she'll do after this I don't know.

“Mark (O'Hare) said she's smart, she picked up well and kept going to the line well.

“We just got away with that ground. If it doesn't get too heavy we might go for a winners' race over Christmas or after it. We'll see how she comes out of that.”

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.