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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Harry's Bar records 16th all-weather win

Fri 6th Oct 2023, 18:44

Harry's Bar and Cian MacRedmond (right) beat The Highway Rat Harry's Bar and Cian MacRedmond (right) beat The Highway Rat
© Photo Healy Racing

Veteran all-weather specialist Harry's Bar (10/1) continues to excel on Dundalk's synthetic surface and today scored an 8th course win in the Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Race.

The Exceed And Excel eight-year-old has failed in 16 lifetime runs on turf but in a 39-race all-weather career, has won 16 times and today held on to defeat slow-starting fast-finishing The Highway Rat by a neck.

Harry's Bar carries the colours of Shamrock Thoroughbreds and afterwards trainer McGuinness reported “he's been a great money spinner. I'm delighted with him and Cian (MacRedmond) gave him a great ride.

“A huge thing with him here is that he needs that inside draw as he's inclined to lug when he's on the outside - I don't know why. Cian was very good on him and that's his third win on him.

“Small fields suit him and he's just so much better on the all-weather than he is on the grass. He has a few little problems but when you can get them ironed out he's a great horse to have.

“He's been a great horse and we'll campaign him during the winter. He's entered in the Mercury Stakes and we'll bring him back for that.

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
10/1
Tote €11.00 €4.10
2nd
nk
11/10Fav
€1.10
3rd
0.75L
28/1
4th
0.5L
11/4
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.