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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Elliott & Gigginstown complete Fairyhouse treble

Sat 12th Jan 2019, 16:10

Run Wild Fred (right) and Lisa O'Neill beating FiddlerontheroofRun Wild Fred (right) and Lisa O'Neill beating Fiddlerontheroof
© Photo Healy Racing

Run Wild Fred (4/7f) completed a treble for owner Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud and trainer Gordon Elliott when landing the concluding Face Of BetVictor (Pro-Am) Bumper at Fairyhouse today.

Ridden by Lisa O'Neill, the son of Shantou was made work by eventual runner-up Fiddlerontheroof in the closing stages and while Fiddlerontheroof's rider Harry Swan lost an iron inside the final furlong, it mattered little at the line, as Run Wild Fred edged ahead close home to record a length and a quarter win.

Elliott had earlier seen his Gigginstown runner Surin and Duca De Thaix win and following his latest success stated “he's a grand big galloping horse — he's a horse for next year.

“Lisa said they went a nice gallop early but pulled up halfway through and then quickened. She said it took him the length of the straight to get going.

“He could be a horse that we'd run in a good hurdle race and then put him away for the year.

“He's not really a bumper horse, he's a nice horse.”

Quotes by Gary Carson

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.