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- Apprentice's dream win on debut ride for Oxx
Tom Weekes
Apprentice's dream win on debut ride for Oxx
Gary Phillips winning on the John Oxx-trained Rayna
© Photo Healy Racing
Apprentice jockey Gary Halpin registered his first winner of the year but more importantly his first for trainer John Oxx when steering the Aga Khan owned Rayna to win the Leopardstown On Facebook Apprentice Handicap at Leopardstown.
The win was trainer Kevin Prendergast based Halpin's eighth career success and while Oxx himself wasn't present his representative and assistant Jimmy O'Neill later stated “it's Gary's first ride for us and he did very well.”
“We were a bit worried about the ground and even though she is by Selkirk she is only a light little thing. She's entered at Killarney and it's possible she could go there.”
(TW & AM)
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.
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