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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Captain back on song

Thu 30th Oct 2008, 15:37

Tom Taaffe's Glenfinn Captain got back to winning ways with a confidence boosting win in the featured Wilderness Chase at Clonmel today.

Ridden by Barry Geraghty, the son of Alderbrook led before the second last fence, eventually proving 13 lengths too strong for Justpourit

Afterwards a relieved Taaffe reported "Glenfinn Captain went through all of last season with one novice chase win despite having a rating of 135. We'll play away with him in simple races next."

He added "Glenfinn Castle is lucky to be alive as he nearly died following a very bad bout of colic in January '07. It probably took him a year and a bit to properly overcome it and I'm delighted to win with him again."

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.