Colbert Station can get back on winning track for Valley Chase in Clonmel

Although without a chase success since Christmas 2012, Colbert Station has rock-solid claims in the Suir Valley Chase in Clonmel.

The 11-year-old, trained for JP McManus by Ted Walsh, won the 2012 Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown off a mark of 132 and triumphed in a handicap hurdle at Punchestown six weeks later. But he hasn’t won since.

Colbert Station has faced tough tasks in a number of competitive handicaps in the intervening time, filling third spot behind Cootamundra in the Troytown at Navan in November 2013 and, finishing in mid-division in that event last year and behind Living Next Door in the Paddy Power last Christmas.