Ballycasey set for class raise

Ballycasey swept the opposition aside with a slick display of jumping from the front to take the feature Race That Stops A County ’Thyestes Jan 22nd 2015 Chase at Gowran Park on Saturday.

Representing the all-conquering Willie Mullins team just minutes after the victory of Faugheen in the same colours at Ascot, the seven-year-old was completing a Gowran treble for the Closutton yard.

Paul Townend set off in the lead on the 4-6 favourite, a Grade One winner in novice company last season, and the grey jumped much better than market rival Moscow Mannon all the way round.