Big victory for Midlands jockey Rory Cleary at the Curragh

Midlands jockey Rory Cleary rode a winner for Kildare-based Cormac Farrell as the three-year-old Likewhatyousee won the 12-furlong fillies’ maiden at the Curragh on Tuesday.

The 7/1 chance headed Noel Meade’s 7/4 favourite Eroico close to the finish to score by three-parts of a length in Farrell’s own colours.

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Trainer Michael O'Callaghan gave Nicola Burns her 19th winner of the season when sending out 15/2 chance Darkdeserthighway to take the seven-furlong apprentice handicap at Dundalk on Friday evening. The seven-year-old led a furlong out and kept on to beat Danny Murphy’s 5/1 shot Venetian by half a length.

Other Racing News

Three top-flight winners over the weekend brought Aidan O’Brien’s Group 1 tally for the year to 25, leaving him just three short of his 2017 world record of 28 Group and Grade 1 ahead of the Breeders’ Cup in California later this week. 

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At Doncaster on Saturday, the champion trainer’s Hawk Mountain and Ronan Whelan led home a 1-2-3 for Ballydoyle in the Futurity Stakes while Christophe Soumillon was in the saddle as both Puerto Rico (Criterium International) and Pierre Bonnard (Criterium de Saint-Cloud) scored impressive wins at Saint-Cloud on Sunday.

Upcoming Fixtures

Dundalk – Wednesday, October 29 (First race 2.23pm)

Thurles – Thursday, October 30 (First race 1.30pm)

Dundalk – Friday, October 31st (First race 5.30pm)

Down Royal – Friday, October 31 (First race 1.02pm)

Down Royal – Saturday, November 1 (First race 12.25pm)

Cork – Sunday, November 2 (First race 12.40pm)

Curragh – Sunday, November 2 (First race 12.25pm)

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