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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Patience rewarded as Massif Central gains second career win

Fri 16th Nov 2018, 20:46

Massif CentralMassif Central
© Photo Healy Racing

The Michael Halford trained Massif Central gained a second career win at Dundalk this evening as he landed the Dundalk Stadium Light Up Your Night Handicap under Colin Keane.

The well backed 3/1jf gained his only previous win at the Co Louth venue in October 2017 and today ended this year's nine-race losing spell when beating Jon Ess by three lengths.

Jockey Keane later commented “to be fair to the horse he’s ran very well all summer in good races, and Niall McCullagh got off him the last day and said to come back to a mile and a quarter as a fast run race at that trip would suit him.

“They went hard there and he settled for me. He picked them up and made them look average. He’s not a bad horse when he does everything right.”

Winning owner Paul Rooney added “we’ve had to be patient but that has paid off tonight and hopefully will again in the future. When Michael (Halford, trainer) comes back from America we will sit down and plan where we go next.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
3/1JFav
Tote €3.40 €1.70
2nd
3L
9/2
€2.30
3rd
3L
3/1JFav
€1.30
4th
0.5L
11/1
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.