Double delight for Dermot Weld on Irish Champions Weekend

Trainer Dermot Weld with Search For A Song after winning the Comer Group International Irish St. Leger (Group 1) during day two of the Longines Irish Champions Weekend at The Curragh Racecourse. Photo: PA Wire

Irish Champions Weekend reiterated that the new kids are on the block, but also that the old maestros have not yet been put out to pasture.

Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien might be the future — and what glorious ones they promise to be — but Dermot Weld, one of those stars of a golden era who paved the way for the younger brigade to have success in Irish racing, topped the bill at the Curragh, winning the Comer Group International Irish St Leger for the ninth time, this time with Search For A Song, who retained the crown she won in 2019.