Malt Lands Galway Plate Trial Handicap Chase

Anthony Ross broke a long losing streak as he brought Ball O Malt with a well-timed run to win the Renault Vans Galway Plate Trial Handicap Chase at Perth on Thursday.

Ross had not ridden a winner for eight months but he produced a confident ride aboard Richard Fahey's 10-year-old.

Ball O Malt took the lead on the run-in and the 7-1 shot galloped on strongly to beat Bohemian Spirit by two lengths. Duke Of Buckingham was six lengths back in third.

Ross' mount had been off the track for nearly six months until returning over hurdles at Southwell to finish second in a two-and-a-half mile handicap two weeks ago.

'He did it well. I'm delighted with him and I'm delighted for the owner,' said Fahey.

'Tony gave him a great ride. You'd have thought he was the champion jockey.

'The horse has always threatened to do something and now he's done it.

'He'll go for either the Summer National at Market Rasen or the Galway Plate. We'll sit down and have a look. That's the plan.'

? PA Sport