Posts tagged Solwhit
Hurricane Fly and Solwhit clash again in December Festival Hurdle
Dec 28th
Willie Mullins will be well represented in the three Grade One races on the second day of the Christmas meeting at Leopardstown on Wednesday. Hurricane Fly and Solwhit meet for a fourth time in the paddypower.com iPhone App December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown, for which five runners have been declared. Luska Lad, the County Hurdle [...]
Menorah wins Greatwood Hurdle
Nov 14th
Menorah stamped himself as the latest Champion Hurdle candidate when he won the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle. Philip Hobbs won the race with both Rooster Booster in 2002 and Detroit City and Menorah looks to be cut from the same cloth after a battling performance under top weight and a driving ride form Richard Johnson. Menorah [...]
Absence makes the case grow stronger
Jan 25th
The more things change the more they stay the same. The market for the Champion Hurdle was given a mighty shake-up over the weekend but there were some mixed signals. Given that the market leader, Zaynar, is not due to run until Kelso in the middle of next month, this weekend’s races were always likely [...]
Irish trainers play numbers game
Jan 20th
The days when Irish-trained runners dominated the major prizes at the Cheltenham Festival may be receding into the more distant memory now but they will not lack for numbers in this year’s Champion Hurdle. Having failed to even make the frame in the past two renewals of the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, Irish trainers appear [...]
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