SOME riders in the region are happy enough to travel just as far as Britain for races – not so Jason McKeown who, on Sunday, was in action in Sweden where he won the opening chase on Stockholm Cup day at Taby.

There were only three runners in the 4000 metre contest and Jason’s mount, the Hanne Bechmann-trained Afariyas, looked destined for last place before being left alone close home as one of her rivals fell and the other unseated.