Smooth success for Bose Ikard

Six days after his Galway Plate success with Road To Riches, Noel Meade saddled first and second in last night’s Roscommon GAA/Club Rossie Beginners Chase in Roscommon last night as Bose Ikard registered a smooth success over Please Talk.

Ridden by Davy Condon, six-year-old Bose Ikard, which carries his trainer’s colours, cruised into contention turning for home and was in command before the second last fence before beating his stable-companion, unextended, by two lengths.

“I always felt he wasn’t a bad horse — he just needed a trip,” stated Meade. “He ran okay in Kilbeggan the last day but kept running into trouble. He won well today and the horses are really beginning to fire. I suppose both horses ran to their marks.”