Banbridge completes hat-trick in impressive style at Roscommon

TIPP TOP: Emir De Rots, sporting the colours of Tipperary hurling legend Nicky English, gets the better of War God, right, in a driving finish to the Knockcroughery Claiming Hurdle. Picture: Healy Racing

Banbridge proved the star of Tuesday’s action at Roscommon, completing a hat-trick in the featured Ballyleague Rated Novice Hurdle.

Allowed stride along in front from half-way by JJ Slevin, Joseph O’Brien’s charge, the even-money favourite, brushed aside the challenge of The Little Yank in the closing stages to score by four and three quarter lengths.