On a Plate for classy Oslot

OSLOT can become only the third British-trained winner in the history of the Galway Plate by landing the major feature of the week at Ballybrit today.

Amlah did the business for Philip Hobbs in 1998 and, rather extraordinarily, you have to go back to 1904 to a horse called Strategy to find the first successful invader.

The fact Oslot’s trainer, Paul Nicholls, who doesn’t bother much with summer jumping, has now targeted the massive first prize of €144,600 is an obvious tip in itself.