Silver Steel has rock-solid look

CHRISTY ROCHE, fresh from a splendid weekend, can supply punters with some more much needed readies by saddling Silver Steel to land the Rock Of Cashel Hurdle at Thurles this afternoon.

The seven-year-old developed into a useful novice chaser last season, but is decent over timber as well as he proved when making a winning reappearance at Navan last month.

Contesting what looked a competitive three mile handicap and partnered, as he is again, by Alan Crowe, Silver Steel won in fine style, beating Irish Grand National hero The Bunny Boiler a comfortable two and a half lengths.