Deal gets the job done

Deal Done, the best backed horse in the contest, continued the terrific run of Bryan Cooper and Dessie Hughes when landing the Wilderness Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

Taken from 4-1 to 9-4 favourite, the eight-year-old made most of the running, under a fine drive from the talented Cooper.

Gates Of Rome ranged up as a big danger in the straight and challenged strongly going to the last. But he crashed right into the fence and Davy Russell did well to keep the partnership intact.