Hurricane Fly is now William Hill’s outright Champion Hurdle favourite following his comprehensive defeat of old nemesis Solwhit in the paddypower.com iPhone App Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Connections of Moscow Flyer were not downcast after the dual Queen Mother Champion Chase hero was surprisingly beaten at Navan,

J P MCMANUS and Christy Roche have a very promising horse in Wouldn’t You Agree, who justified odds-on favouritism with a smooth success in the Monard Novice Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday.