Imperious Sumos Novios plunders another big prize for father and son combination

One would have to doubt if there is a bigger horse in training than the Liam Burke-trained Sumos Novios, but at the age of 10 he is better than ever and showed further proof of that when producing a battling performance to land the Grade 3 Imperial Call Chase on a wet and miserable afternoon.

It was a welcome big race success for the trainer's son Jonathan, who gave the son of Flemensfirth a confident ride and had no qualms about his stamina as he sent him on after the third last.

Sumos Novios pulled out plenty to see off the persistent challenge of odds-on favourite Mala Beach by two-and-a-half lengths. It was all the more noteworthy as his trainer had doubted his stamina after his win in a 2m6f veteran's handicap chase at Wexford two weeks ago.