Europe hard to oppose

Sizing Europe is hard to oppose in the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon.

In a handful of days, Henry de Bromhead’s charge will be an 11-year-old, but all the recent evidence is that he is as good as he ever been.

Indeed, Sizing Europe was positively brilliant when taking a Grade 2 at Clonmel last month.