Tough Benefficient digs deep

Tony Martin’s Benefficient proved himself a tough customer when taking the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at a miserably wet and windy Leopardstown yesterday.

Tough Benefficient digs deep
Sat, 28 Dec, 2013 - 00:00
Pat Keane

Sizing Europe set a scorching pace, but, sadly, the rising 12-year-old is now but a light of other days.

He was beaten early in the straight, as Benefficient, Hidden Cyclone and a smooth travelling Arvika Ligeonniere emerged as the principals.

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CourtsRacingPlace: EuropePlace: WetherbyPlace: TipperaryPlace: CheltenhamPlace: King’s TheatrePerson: BenefficientPerson: Tony MartinPerson: CyclonePerson: Arvika LigeonnierePerson: Bryan CooperPerson: MartinPerson: BryanPerson: WetherbyPerson: Philip FentonPerson: Danny MullinsPerson: FentonPerson: Willie MullinsPerson: Ruby WalshPerson: RockyaboyaPerson: Paddy Power ChasePerson: WalshPerson: Tony McCoyPerson: Mullins’Person: PatrickPerson: RubyPerson: MullinsPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: PlinthPerson: Ivan GroznyPerson: Paddy PowerPerson: O’BrienPerson: McManusPerson: Gordon ElliottPerson: Champagne JamesPerson: Davy RussellPerson: ElliottPerson: Robbie ColganPerson: RobbieEvent: Paddy Power Maiden HurdleEvent: Paddy Power Handicap HurdleOrganisation: LeopardstownOrganisation: Hidden CycloneOrganisation: FlemenstarOrganisation: RyanairOrganisation: CheltenhamOrganisation: Cause of Causes
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