Barrow drives on as Moscow Express is derailed

BARROW DRIVE recorded his fourth - and most significant - success over fences when winning the 40,000 National Lottery Agent Champion Chase for local trainer Tony Mullins at Gowran Park yesterday.

Trained in his Bumper days by Mullins before spending time with Charles Byrnes, Barrow Drive produced his most impressive performance to date over the larger obstacles to beat a field of seasoned handicappers.

But his task was undoubtedly eased when the odds-on favourite Moscow Express slipped badly on landing and almost came to grief at the seventh fence.