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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Weld & Hayes combine for fourth consecutive winner

Wed 3rd Apr 2019, 17:10

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© Photo Healy Racing

Jockey Chris Hayes has made a terrific start in his recent link-up with trainer Dermot Weld as the pair completed another double at Leopardstown today with the Aga Khan owned Tinandali in the Mercury Engineering (C&G) Maiden.

Hayes' sole winner for Weld prior to 2019 was in the 2013 Irish St Leger on Voleuse De Coeurs and while his appearances for Weld have been few and far between (Tinandali was his tenth career ride for Weld), the pair have this year combined successfully with four consecutive winners from five runners, with their only defeat coming with runner-up Hazel Bay in a Listed race on March 24.

Weld was impressed by Tinandali's performance, who beat race-fit Grandmaster Flash by a length, and later said “it was a pleasing performance from a very nice colt. We'll look for a Listed race for him now over a mile-and-a-quarter or a mile-and-a-half.

“He was working nicely and got a good confident ride from Chris. He's a horse that I think should make a stakes horse.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
5/1
Tote €6.60 €1.90
2nd
1L
3/1JFav
€1.40
3rd
1L
20/1
€9.00
4th
1L
33/1
bf
shd
3/1JFav
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.