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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Gortnahulla scores for Quinlan

Sun 24th Aug 2008, 18:22

Former international show-jumper of the 1970s Paddy Quinlan trained his own Gortnahulla to win the Goggin & Buckley Maiden Hurdle at Cork today.

Ridden by Mark Walsh, Gortnahulla chased the leaders, improved to lead after two out, before eventually seeing off the challenge of The Patriarch Game by two lengths.

Quinlan later revealed "I actually bought this mare as a polo pony but she just couldn't take to it! Things worked out well since and she is a good little mare. We'll try to get some blacktype for her now."

1st
12/1
Tote €19.20 €2.50
2nd
2L
6/1
€2.00
3rd
3L
13/8JFav
€1.60
4th
8L
13/8JFav
€1.10
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.