IRISH export Bob Le Beau won the Grade 1 New York Turf Writers Cup Chase at Saratoga on Thursday.

A listed winner on the flat and successful over hurdles here when trained by Jessica Harrington, the eight-year-old is now trained in the USA by Elizabeth Voss and was ridden to victory at Saratoga by Jack Doyle, the Tipperary-born rider who divides his time between Britain and America.