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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Cautious Approach bags fifth career win

Fri 28th Feb 2020, 17:54

Cautious Approach Cautious Approach
© Photo Healy Racing

Cautious Approach got off the mark for 2020 with a win in the opening Crowne Plaza Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap at Dundalk today as the Richard O'Brien trained mare gained a fifth career success, under jockey Donagh O'Connor.

The daughter of Dawn Approach has developed into a Dundalk all-weather specialist and having won three races at the venue in 2019, gained a fifth career success today (her other win was at Killarney last August) when arriving with a nicely-judged challenge to beat Pak Army by half a length.

Co Limerick based trainer O'Brien wasn't present and afterwards jockey O’Connor reported “she switched off really well and I had to get after her to go through a gap in the back straight. When she hit the front she was idling a little bit and near the line I felt she had plenty left.

“I was happy to be tracking Wild Shot as he will always lead you to inside the furlong pole. I was happy throughout the race and she dug deep.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
16/1
Tote €21.30 €4.10
2nd
0.5L
7/1
€2.00
3rd
1.75L
9/2
€1.80
4th
0.5L
8/1
bf
0.75L
10/3Fav
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.