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Debut Dundalk win for The Padre

The Padre and Wayne LordanThe Padre and Wayne Lordan
© Photo Healy Racing

The Padre scored an impressive 33/1 success on debut today, as the Josh Halley-trained homebred landed Dundalk’s Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden under jockey Wayne Lordan.

By Ghaiyyath and homebred by Halley’s father John Halley, The Padre quickened nicely to lead a furlong out today, before scoring by 2.75 lengths from Adrienne

Trainer Halley reported “he was actually really forward as a two-year-old in July and he just weakened out a small bit. We gave him a little break at the end of the summer and that did him the world of good: I'm glad I held on for him now.

"I was half thinking of running him over a mile and he would get 1m4f for sure and he's actually quicker as well.

"We did think a bit of him before we came here and he was probably the best out of my two-year-olds last year. He showed an awful lot and then his pedigree said he would be a later two-year-old. By the time that came around, it was just too late for him.

"He would probably want it good to firm on turf, so we would probably be holding out a bit until the summer.

"He's actually one of the easiest horses now to do anything with, very quiet and doesn't spook or anything like that. He is on the market and that's our business.”

Quotes from Michael Graham

1st
33/1
Tote €73.00 €12.10
2nd
2.75L
22/1
€3.30
3rd
hd
7/4Fav
€1.10
4th
3.5L
9/4
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.