Roque rolls back the years

Colm Murphy’s Quito De La Roque, a horse who had been struggling to find form, came back to his best at Thurles yesterday when landing the Grade 2 Matty Ryan Memorial Kinloch Brae Chase.

Dashingly handled by Paul Townend, he took over from front-running Roi Du Mee jumping the seventh from home.

Roi Du Mee was all the rage in the market, but, hard as Davy Russell tried, could never get in a real blow at the winner, who crossed the line a comfortable six and a half lengths clear.