£420,000 purchase ROMEO COOLIO enters Champion Bumper picture with Fairyhouse win

The Weatherbys Champion Bumper is next for £420,000 purchase Romeo Coolio following his successful Rules debut at Fairyhouse.

The even-money favourite recorded a length and a quarter victory under Harry Swan.

Winning trainer Gordon Elliott said: “He's a good horse.

"It was a messy race as they went no gallop. I missed a bit of time with him a month or two ago and he's having a proper blow, he's going to come on a lot from it.

“If I didn't come here I had to go to Navan, there aren't a lot of races for him going forward and I wanted to get a run into him.

“On the day probably 80 per cent of mine ran below par so I was nervous going into the race, but I think he's a proper horse.

“It's all about the future with this horse, whatever he does this year is only going to be a bonus — I think he's a real one.

“The boys (KTDA Racing) are big supporters of the yard and they flew over from England today, so I'm delighted to get them a winner.

“He'll go straight to Cheltenham now. I'm not worried about today, the race was very messy and it didn't work out. They went no gallop and he's a big galloping horse. He's a stayer.

“Harry said he didn't do a stroke when he got to the front."

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