Contest made for Ted Veale

He is far from my favourite horse, but if ever a contest was made for Ted Veale it is the Grade 3 At The Races EBF Kilbegnet Novice Chase at Roscommon this afternoon.

Tony Martin’s charge is a classy sort when on song, as evidenced by the fact the seven-year-old is a Cheltenham festival winner, but doesn’t always find a huge amount off the bridle.

What he wants is loads of pace and the opposition tiring and then coming back to him in the closing stages.