Strong and stylish Sweeney takes Foxhunters on Salsify

The talented Colman Sweeney gave Salsify as good a drive as you could wish to see to land the Christie’s Foxhunter Chase.

The rapidly improving seven-year-old is trained at Castlelyons, Co Cork by his father, Rodger, and carried the colours of his mother, Joan.

“This is a lifetime dream fulfilled,” said Rodger, as he was showered with congratulations by many faces especially familiar on the point-to-point scene.