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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Starlet motors to give Weld & Smullen treble

Thu 10th Jul 2014, 21:24

Starlet completes a treble on the evening for Dermot Weld and Pat SmullenStarlet completes a treble on the evening for Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen
© Photo Healy Racing

Dermot Weld and stable jockey Pat Smullen completed a treble at Leopardstown today when Starlet carrying the colours of the trainer's recently deceased mother Gita Weld, bolted in to justify 4/7 favouritism in the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.

Weld and Smullen were earlier successful with both Sarafiyla and Hellenistic and following Starlet's somewhat emotional win, the 'Master of Rosewell' stated “it's quite emotional seeing this filly running in my late mother's colours as she was so looking forward to seeing this filly run.”

Weld added “hopefully she'll be able to get some black-type and she is adaptable ground-wise although that's as soft as she'd want it, and she stays well."

(TW & AM)

1st
4/5Fav
Tote €1.50 €1.02
2nd
2.75L
50/1
€8.00
3rd
nk
7/2
4th
2.5L
11/2
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.