The gelding is a veritable specialist around the banks course, having won the race in 2021 as part of a famous double that also included the Ladies Perpetual Cup
Veteran campaigner Singing Banjo came to the fore to take the Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase at Punchestown for the second time.
His experience served him well, however, and after locking horns with Coko Beach and Three By Two he stayed on best of all triumph by three-quarters of a length. “He loves the banks and we aim him for these races the whole time. The ground was just against us all season, he wants good ground. “We’d be hoping to get another season out of him for the cross-country, maybe at Cheltenham if the ground comes up good.”
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