Silver Concorde glides home in the bumper Silver Concorde made relentless headway in the quarter mile to win going away in Leopardstown’s bumper with Derek O’Connor doing the steering for Dermot Weld. The five-year-old gelding, in the Dr Ronan Lambe colours, improved his record to 3-2-1 with this success, but that only tells part of the story. He has been off track for 516 days since being a beaten odds-on favourite in a bumper at the Galway Festival last year. Dermot Weld said: “It was a nice performance and a confident ride from Derek O’Connor. The horse won the way I thought he would. Obviously we’ll look for a winners’ bumper and go from there. “He’ll always appreciate better ground. My only concern today was the ground as he’s a very good-actioned horse. He was a big weak immature horse but you saw a much more mature horse today.” When asked if Cheltenham is a possibility Weld replied that it is. Silver Concorde mowed down the well-supported Volvalien (5/1 to 7/2 on course) and eased away to win by three and three quarter lengths. Bonzo Bing, who had plenty of backers, came in third at 8/1, beaten eight and a quarter lengths. Additional reporting by Gary Carson
