Despite worries about ground, Banbridge on course for Ryanair Chase
Mark McDonagh celebrates on Banbridge after winning the 2022 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
The Ryanair Chase remains "very much the plan" for ante-post favourite Banbridge, despite concerns about ground conditions ahead of next week's Cheltenham Festival.
Joseph O'Brien's charge was a non-runner in the Turners Novices' Chase at the showpiece meeting last year due to the rain-softened ground and the official going at Prestbury Park on Tuesday morning was soft, heavy in places.
