Zeb boosts Cheltenham prospects

BIG ZEB boosted his Cheltenham prospects with a fine success in the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

The reigning two-mile champion chaser jumped magnificently — often his failing in the past — and it was always a question of when Barry Geraghty pushed the button.

Geraghty eased him past Scotsirish going to the last and Big Zeb was soon well in control, although tiring somewhat through the last hundred yards in the testing ground.