Zeb set for another crack at Europe

Big Zeb is likely to have another crack at Sizing Europe in the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at next month’s Punchestown Festival.

Zeb set for another crack at Europe
Mon, 19 Mar, 2012 - 00:00
Nick Robson

Colm Murphy’s 11-year-old found things happening too quickly for him in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, which he had won in 2010, and trailed in over 16 lengths behind Finian’s Rainbow and Sizing Europe.

Talk of retirement appears premature, however, and Murphy feels he can still be competitive in top races in Ireland.

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