Tommy Lyons: De Bromhead’s Midas touch works again with Champagne West

Tommy Lyons gives you the latest insights from Gowran Park.

Though somewhat hidden in the shadows of the two behemoths of Irish national hunt racing, namely Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott, trainer Henry De Bromhead is enjoying a superb season, and it took another leap forward when the Waterford handler emulated his father by landing the Goffs Thyestes Chase, with Champagne West, yesterday afternoon at a bitterly cold but well-attended Gowran Park.