Stamina gains the day for veteran Ted Veale

Ruby Walsh delighted his supporters in Sligo when doubling-up on favourites Ted Veale and Ben Button.

The multiple champion acknowledged: “It’s down to the trainer’s judgement, not mine,” after the Tony Martin-trained ten-year-old Ted Veale registered his first success since September 2015 in the SF Engineering Consulting Hurdle.

Walsh committed the 10/11 favourite after jumping the second last and John Breslin’s gelding stayed on to hold The Game Changer by a length and a quarter.