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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Aidan O'Brien equals yearly Irish flat winners record

Mon 15th Oct 2018, 17:42

Aircraft Carrier (nearest)Aircraft Carrier (nearest)
© Photo Healy Racing

Champion Trainer Aidan O'Brien equalled his best ever Irish yearly flat winners total at Gowran today with the win of Aircraft Carrier in the Racing Again November 24th Maiden.

Aircraft Carrier, and Seamie Heffernan, today finished well to edge past runner-up War Diary near the line and score a short-head success and give trainer O'Brien his 139th success of 2018.

O'Brien finished 2013 with a record 139 Irish flat winners but is now certain to beat that tally, with three weeks of the turf season left, followed by two months racing on the all-weather at Dundalk.

O'Brien wasn't present at the meeting and regarding Aircraft Carrier, jockey Heffernan later said “he came forward a little bit and handles both types of ground which is a plus. He’s very relaxed and going further would help him a lot.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
11/1
Tote €10.30 €3.40
2nd
shd
12/1
€3.90
3rd
2.75L
20/1
€5.90
4th
nk
25/1
bf
1.25L
6/4Fav
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.