Timely win for Two Shoe Tom

Eight year old mare Two Shoe Tom registered a second career win at Down Royal today, landing the Molson Coors (Mares) Handicap Hurdle for trainer Dermot McLoughlin and jockey Conor Maxwell.

The daughter of Westerner's only previous win was in a Ballinrobe maiden hurdle in July 2020 and today scored by four and a quarter lengths from Cool Rain

McLoughlin later said "she's off to the Sales next week so it is nice timing although the owners might think about it again. On that run you'd think she could win again.

"She had a hard enough race on Saturday but came home well and previously wasn't getting home, so it gave her a bit of confidence.

“I probably should have held off on Saturday with the way the ground was in Navan, as she probably wants that nicer ground. But she was in the Sales so we had to go today.

"She could go up to 2m4f again and that ground was a big help to her."

Quotes from Michael Graham