Posts tagged International Hurdle
Menorah wins International Hurdle
Dec 11th
There was the sound of bursting bubbles as Menorah won the Grade Two stanJames.com International Hurdle at Cheltenham. Philip Hobbs had decided to run Nicene Creed as a pacemaker for Menorah and his race was run by the third-last. There were still at least four in contention on the run down the hill with Silviniaco [...]
Trials and tribulations at Cheltenham
Dec 14th
The premise was for a race that might throw some light on the current pecking order for next year’s Champion Hurdle. The end result of Saturday’s meeting at Cheltenham did produce a new ante-post favourite for the race, but by a somewhat circuitous route. The boylesports.com International Hurdle brought together Nicky Henderson’s Champion Hurdle winner, [...]
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