Card is right on cue in Bumper

IRELAND’S luck in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper ran out when Colin Tizzard’s Cue Card proved much too good for his rivals.

Sent off at 40-1, despite having struck in a Fontwell bumper on his debut in January, the four-year-old cruised up to challenge subsequent runner-up Al Ferof, the mount of Ruby Walsh, on the turn for home.

Once straightening up under Joe Tizzard, the trainer’s son, Cue Card went past the Paul Nicholls trained Al Ferof like he was stood still and bounded up the hill to score by eight lengths.