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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Heskin completes Tipp double in Plate Trial

Sun 22nd Jul 2012, 17:52

Good Luck Chuck and Adrian HeskinGood Luck Chuck and Adrian Heskin
© Photo Healy Racing

Jockey Adrian Heskin completed a double at Tipperary today, when steering the David Kelly trained Good Luck Chuck to win the www.thetote.com Galway Plate Trial Handicap Chase.

Good Luck Chuck raced prominently, led from five out, before moving clear in the straight, eventually recording a 14 lengths win.

The race has had little bearing on the actual Galway Plate in recent years and that fact was not lost on Kelly who later stated “he obviously isn't in the Plate (won off a mark of 100 today) but may run next in the Galway Blazers Chase. Today was my Plate!

“I'm delighted for Good Luck Chuck's owner Sean Maguire, from Newry, and I'd also like to thank my vet Liam O'Malley, from Ballygarvey, who gives me great help and advice. I have six horses in training, five have run and each has won. The sixth has yet to run, but she should win too!”

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.