TWO former Irish-trained horses fought out the finish of last Thursday week’s Grade 1 A.P. Smithwick Memorial Chase at Saratoga, with the Ricky Hendriks-trained Dylan Thomas gelding Swansea Mile seeing off the Motivator gelding Modem by two lengths.

While the former Jessica Harrington-trained Modem, who won a two and a half mile beginners chase at Ballinrobe in May, was making his Stateside debut, Swansea Mile left the care of Ted Walsh in the summer of 2015 and spent roughly 12 months in England with Dan Skelton.