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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Hurricane Darwin sweeps to Navan win

Sat 23rd Sep 2017, 17:30

Hurricane DarwinHurricane Darwin
© Photo Healy Racing

Denis O’Regan produced the Barry Connell owned, Alan Fleming trained Hurricane Darwin with a well timed challenge from off the pace to win the featured E20,000 At The Races Handicap Chase at Navan today.

The seven year old son of Westerner was today having his first start for four months and benefitted from O’Regan’s patient ride, improved to lead at the final fence before scoring a length and three parts win over Whatareudoingtome

Fleming later stated “Denis was really good on him and it suited the horse. He likes good ground and if we can stick to that, there could be another chase in him.

“He could go back over hurdles as he has a more lenient mark. He’s a nice fun horse.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

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.