Facile Vega toughs it out to join an elite bumper club

The son of the brilliant Quevega enhanced his reputation by coming up trumps under pressure in what proved to be his toughest race to date

Wed, 27 Apr, 2022 - 20:55

Tommy Lyons

Facile Vega became the fourth horse to complete the Cheltenham and Punchestown Champion Bumper double when digging extremely deep to see off stablemate Redemption Day in the last of the day’s three Grade Ones.

It may not have been a performance on a par with his two previous graded-race success, but the son of the brilliant Quevega enhanced his reputation by coming up trumps under pressure in what proved to be his toughest race to date.