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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Winning return for Miss Pronunciation

Sat 21st Oct 2023, 15:49

Miss Pronunciation and Mark WalshMiss Pronunciation and Mark Walsh
© Photo Healy Racing

J.P. McManus' Miss Pronunciation made a successful reappearance - following nine months off, when proving the well-backed (morning 12/1, returned 9/2) winner of Limerick's Bluegrass Horse Feeds Handicap Hurdle today.

Homebred by Noreen McManus, Miss Pronunciation's dam Adarma was a Grade 3 winner for Christy Roche in 2005 and today scored readily for the retired trainer's son, trainer Padraig Roche.

Ridden by Mark Walsh, Miss Pronunciation scored by two and a quarter lengths with Roche reporting “she had a hiccup after Gowran (in January) and went home, but it mightn't have done her any harm. Maybe it was just weakness but she came back a stronger mare.

“We were hoping she'd run well as it was a weak contest and we knew she'd handle the ground. She is a nice mare going forwards.”

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.