Irish weekend preview: Galopin Des Champs can turns the tables on Fact To File
BATTLE LOST BUT... Galopin Des Champs may have been beaten into third in the John Durkan Memorial but there were positives o be taken from the run. Picture: Healy Racing
The highlight of the weekend’s actions comes on Saturday afternoon at Leopardstown, where stablemates Fact To File and Galopin Des Champs head a cast of nine for the Grade One Savills Chase. There is a strong case to be made for each, but Galopin Des Champs boasts a tremendous record here and can advance it to a perfect six.
The dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was behind Fact To File in the John Durkan Memorial, but there were positives to be taken from the run. Oftentimes, particularly at Punchestown and over that two-and-a-half-mile trip, he struggled to jump and go with the pace, but he was able to lead that day and was only run out of it in the closing stages.
