Medicinal makes impressive debut for in-form Weld
Carrying the colours of nearby Ballylich Stud, Medicinal quickened into the lead at the furlong pole in the Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Maiden before lengthening in good style for Pat Smullen to score by three lengths. A strapping son of Linamix, Medicinal could well develop into a high-class middle-distance performer.
The well-touted 3/1 shot proved the first leg of a double for the in-form Weld/Smullen alliance, completed in the Kavanaghs Super Valu Thomastown Handicap when Battling Mac defied a 14lb. rise for his Listowel success with another clear-cut success.