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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Foley grasps Sligo opportunities with treble

Wed 7th Aug 2024, 20:21

Butter Fingers and Shane Foley (centre)Butter Fingers and Shane Foley (centre)
© Photo Healy Racing

Shane Foley grasped his Sligo opportunities with both hands today and completed a treble in the Hop House 13 Handicap, as Butter Fingers (4/7f) continued the excellent form of Galway festival sensation trainer Ross O'Sullivan.

O'Sullivan won with four of six Galway runners last week and while Favori Logique was a rare loser when failing by a neck at Wexford today, Butter Fingers successfully reverted to the flat when beating Fine Print by a small margin.

Butter Fingers had previously won Tipperary's opening juvenile hurdle of the year in July and today Foley, whose earlier winners were for Jessica Harrington, said "he was a bit slowly away - which I thought he might be, as it takes him a while to warm into it.

“Gary (Carroll, on More Profit steadied it right up going past the winning post and I was able to freewheel a bit closer.

"It was a bit messy but, in the end, he outstayed them. For a big horse I don't think he was in love with that slower ground. It was a good bit of placing by Ross and his horses are flying.

"I'd say whatever he does on the Flat will be a bonus compared to what he does over hurdles."

Quotes from Mark Nunan

1st
4/7Fav
Tote €1.58 €1.10
2nd
0.5L
7/2
€1.80
3rd
0.5L
9/1
4th
1.25L
25/1
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.