Roscommon report: Alice Avril gives Darragh O’Keeffe ‘some thrill’

It was some thrill going around on her,” declared O’Keeffe. “When she sees a fence, she just pricks her ears and takes off

Darragh O’Keeffe onboard Alice Avril: 'When she sees a fence, she just pricks her ears and takes off'. Picture: Healy Racing

The Henry de Bromhead-trained Alice Avril, a four-year-old filly, having her second outing since arriving from France, justified 5-6 favouritism in the Boyle Beginners Chase in Roscommon.

Darragh O’Keeffe, so effective from the front, let the Balko filly roll along in front, jumping slickly at most fences, and, when chased by Santana Plessis in the closing stages, she found plenty to score by four and a quarter lengths.