Hurricane Fly bids to lay a ghost to rest after finally making an elusive first trip to Cheltenham to contest the Stan James Champion Hurdle.
The French import has always been held in the highest regard by Willie Mullins, but injury has scuppered his participation at the last two Festivals. This season, however, has gone entirely to plan.
The seven-year-old completed a hat-trick of victories over Solwhit in the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown in January and the trainer is now cautiously optimistic that his charge can prevail.
The County Carlow handler does not expect the track or the ground to pose a problem after assessing conditions on Monday morning and is now keeping his fingers crossed all goes to plan.
Posts
