Smullen sweet on Swallow’s chances

JOCKEY Pat Smullen believes Grey Swallow has to have “every chance” when taking on older horses for the first time in the Baileys Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown next month.

Dermot Weld’s brilliant winner of the Irish Derby faces a possible clash with Godolphin’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes winner Doyen, French raider Bago and 10-furlong specialist Rakti on September 11.

“He deserved to win a race like the Irish Derby. We thought that he might win a Guineas but he obviously needed a little extra distance,” said Smullen.