Touzaine scores back on nice ground Flash De Touzaine pulled away in good style late on to land the spoils in the Ryans Cleaning Veterans Handicap Chase at Limerick. Liz Doyle’s charge was a well-backed 7/2 shot in the two-mile-six contest having been as big as 14/1 this morning. There were plenty in with chances going to the second last and Flash De Touzaine disputed over the fence. He bagged the lead, under Donagh Meyler, before the last and pulled clear on the run-in to beat Pakens Rock by six-and-a-half lengths. "He needs good ground as he has breathing issues,” said Doyle. “I tweaked a few things with his wind, he had nice ground today and he'll now head back to Ayr for the Scottish National. He was third in 2023 and was in the race last year but it was soft, so didn't run. "When you look at horses running on TV they run well, they run badly, but they never run badly for no reason and breathing is his problem. “He loves heavy ground but can't breath on it, so good ground helps him a lot." (Quotes by Tom Weekes)
