Road to Riches enters Gold Cup picture

The multi-talented Bryan Cooper gave Road To Riches an extraordinary ride to land the Grade 1 Lexus Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

Mon, 29 Dec, 2014 - 00:00
Pat Keane

Cooper suffered an horrific leg injury when taking a crashing fall off Clarcam in the Fred Winter at the Cheltenham festival in March and it is a measure of the man that he has come back arguably better than ever.

He was simply brilliant on the Noel Meade-trained winner, very much changing his tactics, after the contest had not panned out as might have been expected.

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CourtsRacingPlace: LeopardstownPlace: PunchestownPlace: CheltenhamPerson: Bryan CooperPerson: CooperPerson: Fred WinterPerson: Noel MeadePerson: Sam WinnerPerson: Sam Twiston-DaviesPerson: Paul TownendPerson: NoelPerson: MeadePerson: Lord WindermerePerson: Davy RussellPerson: Bobs WorthEvent: Cheltenham FestivalEvent: Gold CupEvent: Hennessy Gold CupOrganisation: On His OwnOrganisation: On HisOrganisation: Road To RichesOrganisation: CheltenhamOrganisation: road
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