Injured Cooper targets festival return for Riches ride in Plate

Dual Grade 1 star heads 15 Gigginstown entries in big chase

Road To Riches: returns to scene of his 11-length romp in 2014 to try to regain the Galway PlateCredit: Patrick McCann

Road To Riches, who has gone on to bigger and better things since trouncing his rivals by 11 lengths in the 2014 Galway Plate, heads the weights for the Tote.com-sponsored festival highlight on Wednesday week.

Road To Riches, a dual Grade 1 winner since his Plate win, is one of 15 Gigginstown House Stud-owned performers among a total of 40 entries for the valuable event.

So Bryan Cooper, Gigginstown's number one who is planning to sit out this week and resume at Galway after taking a heavy fall at Kilbeggan on Friday night, will have plenty of time to mull over his choice of mount in the big race, which he has yet to win.

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Tony O'HehirRacing Post Reporter

Published on 18 July 2016inNews

Last updated 17:05, 18 July 2016

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