HIS career hasn’t quite developed in the manner one might have expected following his third in the 2018 Triumph Hurdle but Sayo showed that he still retains considerable ability as he comfortably outclassed his rivals in the Joe Cooney Memorial Hurdle.

This Margaret Masterson-owned gelding came here off a decent second on the flat at the Curragh and quite a respectable run in a valuable staying handicap hurdle at Galway and those efforts along with the addition of first time cheek-pieces saw him returned at 10/11.