Another famous win for Weld

FAMOUS Name, which struggled in Group 1 company last time, bounced back to winning form when coasting to an easy six lengths victory over Jan Vermeer in the featured Group 3 Irish Daily Mail International at the Curragh last night.

Another famous win for Weld
Sat, 25 Jun, 2011 - 01:00
John Ryan

Persistent rain all afternoon turned ground conditions to soft, which suited the Dermot Weld-trained six-year-old, a prolific winner in recent seasons.

Confidently ridden by stable-jockey Pat Smullen, the son of Dansili quickened past Ballydoyle pacemaker Last Crusade and market-rival Jan Vermeer soon after the two-furlong pole and stretched clear to score impressively by six lengths.

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CourtsRacingPlace: CurraghPlace: BallydoylePlace: GermanyPlace: FairyhousePlace: TrimPlace: IrelandPlace: RoscommonPlace: County TipperaryPlace: DeauvillePerson: Jan VermeerPerson: Dermot WeldPerson: Pat SmullenPerson: DansiliPerson: Lord GrimthorpePerson: Prince Khalid AbdullahPerson: John OxxPerson: Johnny MurtaghPerson: OxxPerson: JohnnyPerson: Sceal NuaPerson: Niall McCullaghPerson: Santa ClausPerson: Richard HannonPerson: MitchellsPerson: Ben CurtisPerson: TeajaybePerson: SportsmasterPerson: Andy OliverPerson: BenPerson: David NaglePerson: Wayne LordanPerson: MaarekPerson: Jessica HarringtonPerson: Fran BerryPerson: RioPerson: David MintonPerson: Matt BrowneEvent: ChristmasEvent: Derrinstown Stud Apprentice DerbyEvent: Irish Daily Mail International StakesOrganisation: WeldOrganisation: CurrabegOrganisation: Sycamore Lodge Equine Hospital
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