Vic can defy top weight

SOUTHERN VIC is fancied to defy top weight in the williamhill.ie Troytown Chase at Navan tomorrow.

Ted Walsh’s progressive seven-year-old is a relentless galloper and a brilliant jumper. If he can manage to give weight and a beating to 17 rivals, then it will be time to take the next step and cross-swords with the big boys, the likes of War Of Attrition.

He warmed up for this test with a satisfactory reappearance, over an inadequate two miles at Naas, rallying in the straight to beat Macs Flamingo by two and a half lengths.