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.

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.