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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Spring Watch completes summer double

Tue 10th Jul 2018, 20:06

Spring Watch (far side)Spring Watch (far side)
© Photo Healy Racing

Connections of Spring Watch are enjoying their summer with the gelding as the Mouse Morris trained, J.P. McManus owned six year old followed up his May win at Punchestown with a second this season for jockey Donie McInerney in the Larry O'Farrelly Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Roscommon today.

The son of Mahler was a 16/1 winner in May and today justified 5/2 favouritism to beat Dawn Raider by two and a quarter lengths.

Afterwards Gold Cup, Grand National and Champion Chase winning trainer Morris said “he just missed out the last two and drifted over a bit on the run-in but he won well enough at the end.

“He's not the most straight-forward to train. They've done a great job with the ground here but it's probably quick enough for him.”

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.