Irish Examiner view: Champion Hurdle win will be sweet

Rachael Blackmore and a bay mare called Honeysuckle will attempt to win the Champion Hurdle for the second time

Honeysuckle, with Rachael Blackmore up, jump the last on their way to winning The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy at the Cheltenham Racing Festival at Prestbury Park on March 16, last year. Picture: Hugh Routledge/Sportsfile

Some people might feel that sport is the greatest irrelevance in our world today, while other modern-day philosophers are of the option it has now replaced religion as the opiate of the masses.

Whatever your opinion on this very debatable issue, we may well today get an indication of how important sport is in our lives.