Silence hat-trick on cards

THE improving Breaking Silence has real possibilities of completing a hat-trick in the James and Helen Hannon Memorial Handicap Chase at Naas this afternoon.

Tom Taaffe’s charge won a moderate beginners chase at Listowel, before moving into handicap company at Punchestown last month.

He made the step up in fine style, battling on dourly in the closing stages to beat A Good Excuse by a length and a half.