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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Marakesh scores on debut for Ebor winners

Tue 3rd Sep 2024, 15:22

Marakesh and Bill LeeMarakesh and Bill Lee
© Photo Healy Racing

August's Ebor Handicap winners trainer Henry De Bromhead and jockey Bill Lee combined to land Gowran's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden today with Marakesh (9/2), which scored on her belated career debut.

Four-year-old filly Marakesh was withdrawn from both her intended debut runs, initially at Cork on August 16 - due to unsuitable going, and subsequently at the Curragh eight days later, where she refused to load.

Today the Peter Fitzgerald-owned Decorated Knight-sired filly behaved well, was first to load and, in the race, quickened well to beat Supreme Success by 2.5 lengths.

Magical Zoe credited De Bromhead and Lee with big-race York success on August 24, while

the trainer himself followed-up with Higher Leaves' Sunday success in a Listed race at Longchamp.

Today Lee reported “Marakesh was very straightforward and the last day was just a bit of blip not going in to the stalls. She was good today, travelled well and got me into a lovely position.

“I was just waiting for a gap to open in the straight and when it did she picked up well and galloped out to the line. I thought she won within herself and there is hopefully more to come. She put it to bed easy and was green having a look so you would like to think stepping up to a mile would bring more improvement.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
9/2
Tote €7.10 €2.00
2nd
2.5L
25/1
€5.60
3rd
0.5L
8/13Fav
€1.02
4th
shd
11/2
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.