Durkan stroll for Arvika after Sir Des exit
After Flemenstar was withdrawn, having been found to be lame, with “inflammation and swelling” on Saturday, only three went to post, two of the trained by Willie Mullins, who was in Hong Kong for the weekend.
Ireland’s highest-rated chaser Sir Des Champs, a stable-companion of the winner, was in front early, but had been headed when he crashed out of the race at the third fence, taking a heavy fall and leaving Davy Russell sore and forced to miss his later rides, including a winner, Bright New Dawn.
