Mallow Tips: Roconga will take plenty of beating

Eddie O’Grady’s horse displayed promise in four runs in 2014, but clearly showed he had benefitted from a lay-off when returning to land a bumper in Clonmel in May. He came up against a very smart sort, Tesseract, next time, but was far from disgraced in failing to concede 8lbs to the four-year-old.
Back over hurdles this afternoon, it’s reasonably safe to suggest he can translate his improved form to this discipline, in which case he is the one to beat.