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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Mullins 1-2 in season finale

Sat 28th Apr 2012, 18:17

Drive Time (right) jumps the last alongside Marito (left) and He'llberememberedDrive Time (right) jumps the last alongside Marito (left) and He'llberemembered
© Photo Healy Racing

The concluding race of the 2011/12 season, the Setantabet.com Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown today fittingly went the way of Drive Time (under Paul Townend), whose trainer Willie Mullins has dominated the season and, for good measure, was also responsible for the runner-up Marito

Ten of Mullins' 145 winners for the season were at this week's Festival and the five times Champion Trainer was also responsible for ten second placings, many of whom were scuppered by stablemates!

After Drive Time's win, Mullins said “they are two nice horses. I didn't think the winner would handle the ground but I thought the other fellow would.

“We will continue hurdling with them and we could look at the Galway Hurdle for both.”

“It was been a fantastic week and there is a lot of credit due to everybody connected with the racecourse – they deserve huge credit for getting through the meeting.”

1st
10/1
Tote €13.80 €3.50
2nd
0.75L
12/1
€2.10
3rd
4.5L
12/1
€3.10
4th
10L
11/2
€2.00
bf
3.75L
3/1Fav
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.