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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Halford on the mark with sales-bound Finans Bay

Fri 14th Oct 2022, 18:39

Finans Bay and Ronan Whelan (right)Finans Bay and Ronan Whelan (right)
© Photo Healy Racing

Michael Halford's horses have hit form in recent weeks and the trainer's sales-bound Finans Bay (3/1f) today landed Dundalk's William Hill Extra Places Every Day Handicap under jockey Ronan Whelan.

Once rated 103, the Nick Hartery-owned son of Kodiac today competed from a mark of 87 and defeated Longbourn by a neck.

Halford said “I had this race in mind for him because he is going on to the Sales (October 24).

"He was badly handicapped and it was hard for him but he is after dropping down the handicap, so that was ideal for him. It is great to see him back tonight and I was delighted with his attitude.”

He added "we had a lot of horses we had to get handicapped and then we had some nice, backward two-year-olds. The ground was firm during the summer and that didn't work for us.

"Our owners thankfully had the patience to sit it out and the horses are in good health and running well."

Quotes from Michael Graham

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.