Typical Thomas © Photo Healy Racing
He may have been a fortunate winner at Kilbeggan last month but there was no fluke about the victory of Typical Thomas (13/2) in the featured Co-Op Superstores Handicap Steeplechase.
Ridden by Mark McDonagh, the bottom weight raced prominently throughout to beat The Dara Man by four lengths.
James Fahey trains the progressive six-year-old who runs in the colours of his partner Heather Heffernan.
"It is nice to have one to come and race in the big race on a Sunday and it is brilliant to win," said Fahey.
"Mark said there was likely to be plenty of pace in the race so I said to him to bounce out and go with them. He has a tendency to jump left so Mark's plan was to get out to the outer. He made plenty use of his light weight.
"He was very lucky to win in Kilbeggan when he would have finished third or fourth only for two horses to fall and was then unlucky at Downpatrick when he jumped violently left at the second-last. It is great he got his day today.
"This season has went unbelievably well, this is our biggest win and the horses are running to their ability. We have 18 riding out and we're tipping away thank God.
"All winners help but the big winners will hopefully put us in the shop window. The phone will be fully charged so we'll see how things go."
Regarding being related to other trainers, Fahey - who rode his father Seamus Fahey's Wheresben to win the 2008 Paddy Power Chase, clarified "Seamus is my father - I've no brothers but Mark is a cousin and Peter, Jarlath and Paul are uncles who all train horses."
Quotes from Tom Weekes
