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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Itsalonglongroad wins for Killarney connections at Sligo

Wed 7th Aug 2024, 20:40

Itsalonglongroad and Joey SheridanItsalonglongroad and Joey Sheridan
© Photo Healy Racing

Killarney-based trainer Charles Coakley was on the mark at Sligo today as his appropriately named Itsalonglongroad (12/1) registered a seventh-consecutive annual success, when landing the concluding Rockshore Cider Handicap.

First successful in 2018, the Lawman-gelding had won at least one race in every subsequent year and today, under Joey Sheridan, proved to be a rare ten-year-old flat-race winner when notching a ninth career win.

Sheridan said "it was my first time to ride him so I have to mention Paddy Harnett (jockey) who was second on him the last day at Ballinrobe but couldn't ride him today, and got me the ride.

"I was able to dictate it and, if you get the fractions right on this lad, he'll find for you. It's nice to be getting chances like these and to ride a couple of winners."

Quotes from Mark Nunan

1st
12/1
Tote €13.00 €4.30
2nd
1.5L
11/1
€6.00
3rd
2L
9/1
€3.00
4th
hd
9/1
bf
hd
13/2Cfav
bf
nk
13/2Cfav
bf
1.75L
13/2Cfav
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.