Road To Riches on course for Champion Chase

Road To Riches is likely to bid for a second success in the JNwine.com Champion Chase after pleasing connections at Gowran Park on Saturday.

The Noel Meade-trained nine-year-old claimed the first of his two Grade One triumphs to date at Down Royal in 2014, following up in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown before going on to finish third in that season’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.

He lined up in Saturday’s PWC Champion Chase on a recovery mission after falling at Punchestown and pulling up in the Galway Plate on his two most recent starts and while he was no match for the Willie Mullins-trained Ballycasey, Meade was pleased to see his stable star get his career back on track by finishing a clear second.