Tommy Lyons: More avenues open to Sizing John after Kinloch Brae success

Tommy Lyons takes a look at the recent victory of Sizing John and the opportunities that lie ahead.

Sizing John’s victory in the Grade 3 Ladbrokes Ireland Kinloch Brae Chase at a busy Thurles track opened up some more avenues for the gelding, whose career over fences, thus far, had been stifled by the presence of star two-miler Douvan.

Now trained by Jessica Harrington, he was racing over two and a half miles for just the second time in his career, having been well beaten on his only previous try, at Aintree.