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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

O'Brien follows up Longchamp wins at Killarney

Mon 7th Oct 2024, 17:13

Get and Wayne LordanGet and Wayne Lordan
© Photo Healy Racing

Champion trainer Aidan O'Brien followed up a brilliant weekend with a Killarney winner today as his Galileo-sired Get (9/2) gained a first success, under Wayne Lordan, in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Maiden.

A sister to Irish racing's longest-distance (33 lengths) Flat winner Allegio, Get raced prominently and while 5/6 favourite Radar Ahead challenged in the home straight, Get finished well to comfortably hold Elana Osario by two-and-a-quarter lengths, with Radar Ahead in third.

Lordan reported: "In fairness to her, she is very straightforward and we're not tied down to any trip with her. She has run well over 1m2f and recently, when there wasn't a suitable race for her, we ran her over 1m6f and she still ran a cracker.

“Here was a nice opportunity, she handles the ground and got the 1m3f very well. She is a big rangyy filly and, with time, is strengthening away. She is getting it together and you'd have to like her as she is genuine.”

Trainer O'Brien had registered a six-timer on Saturday, highlighted by a Longchamp four-timer and while Los Angeles filled third-place in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc, juvenile Camille Pissarro had earlier bagged a top-level success in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere.

1st
9/2
Tote €6.10 €1.80
2nd
2.25L
9/2
€1.20
3rd
2.75L
5/6Fav
€1.10
4th
4L
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.