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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Townend rides 12th winner this week

Mon 3rd Jun 2019, 15:17

Fast Buck jumps the last hurdleFast Buck jumps the last hurdle
© Photo Healy Racing

Champion Jockey Paul Townend bagged his 12th winner this week as he completed a double for his employer Willie Mullins at Listowel today on Fast Buck in the John B Keane Maiden Hurdle.

Townend's hot streak this new jumps' season continues and having won the opener on Scaglietti for Mullins, then steered Fast Buck, a son of Kendargent, to an easy 10 lengths win over Sticky Situation

Afterwards Mullins said “the experience from last season was a huge benefit to him and he seems to like that ground. When he was beaten last season we put him by for this season and said if there was rain and a bit of nice ground we'd run and that's what we have done.

“If the ground stays nice we'll continue with him and if not we'll give him a break. I'd prefer to continue with him and he has a flat mark so there may be a day out with him on the flat too. He is a horse who unlikely the first filly (Scaglietti) that will see a fence in time as he is a fine big strong horse.”

“Paul is riding with great confidence and is injecting that into the horses.”

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.