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Alan Magee

Alan Magee

Colcannon brings up 37/1 treble for Meade at Galway

Sat 26th Oct 2024, 17:58

Colcannon and Derek O'Connor return to the winners enclosure after the bumper at GalwayColcannon and Derek O'Connor return to the winners enclosure after the bumper at Galway
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Colcannon completed a 37/1 treble on the afternoon at Galway for trainer Noel Meade when gaining a deserved success in the Joe O’Gorman Memorial (C&G) (Pro/Am) Flat Race.

The son of Berkshire was certainly not scoring out of turn having shown promise on a number of occasions and was disqualified at Punchestown back in February after his rider weighed in a few pounds light having ‘won’ by nine lengths.

The 8/11 favourite was sent to the front just over a furlong out by Derek O’Connor and kept on well to beat Heads Up by two and three-quarter lengths.

The pair pulled clear of the remainder with That Danny Feeling 19 lengths further away in third.

Meade said, “The day he 'won' in Punchestown last season was his D-Day as he went downhill after that, being a young and immature four-year-old. Over the summer he grew a lot, he is still growing and is from a fabulous family and everything from it wins.

"Derek said he was too hard on himself and pulled too hard, but I'd say he'll go plenty of places. Hopefully we will be able to get him to relax and he'll go jumping (hurdles) now.

"It was a great day's work and was like old times!" Messerschmitt (3/1) and Sportinthepark (9/2) were the earlier two legs of the Meade treble.

Quotes by Noel Meade

About Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.