Wests Awake passes Galway Plate test nicely

GRAHAM LEE, who took this year’s Aintree Grand National on Amberleigh House and the Scottish equivalent aboard Grey Abbey, enjoyed his third success in his native country when partnering the Iggy Madden trained Wests Awake to land the valuable Byrne Handicap Chase at Tipperary yesterday.

Wests Awake passes Galway Plate test nicely

Lee has spent most of his career riding in Britain and couldn’t recall exactly when he rode his two winners in Ireland.

Commented Lee: “I went to England in October of ’93 and they both came prior to that, for Dessie McDonogh.”

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