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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Redcliff Glen lands Limerick handicap at 40/1

Sat 19th Oct 2024, 16:29

Redcliff Glen and Philip Byrnes jump the lastRedcliff Glen and Philip Byrnes jump the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Redcliff Glen left behind uninspiring form-figures and overcame odds of 40/1 when landing Limerick's Limerick Show Handicap Hurdle today, for the Byrnes family.

A 16,000gns purchase from Clive Cox's UK yard last October, the Gleneagles-gelding was well beaten in four hurdle runs this year and while thus possessing recent form-figures of '0000', today improved from the rear to challenge in the straight, eventually battling well to beat Morepowertoya by a neck.

Jockey Philip Byrnes partnered Redcliff Glen for his brother owner Cathal Byrnes while the pair's father trainer Charles Byrnes later reported “he has been disappointing every day he ran although his last couple of pieces of work had been better.

“We were hoping for the best and he (son Philip) said he'd go wide for the better ground.”

He added “he had solid enough Flat form and we thought he'd have done something before now but never showed me much. He is ground-dependent and is more a horse for next summer.”

1st
40/1
Tote €56.30 €7.90
2nd
nk
11/2
€1.30
3rd
2.25L
3/1JFav
€1.30
4th
hd
14/1
€3.40
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.