Ruby Walsh: Klassical Dream can thwart Sire De Berlais at Punchestown
HAT-TRICK SEEKER: Klassical Dream retained his Ladbrokes Champion Stayers' Hurdle crown last year and can complete his hat-trick in the Punchestown Grade One on Thursday. Picture: Healy Racing
Thursday is the halfway point and the day that sees a general shift in attendance. This meeting is a build-up one that brings a daily increase, and with the rain forecast this morning, I have a feeling Friday could gain a few extra as some dodge getting wet.
Day three’s highlight is the Ladbrokes Champion Stayers’ Hurdle, at 5:25pm, and Sire Du Berlais is bidding to complete a quite remarkable treble. He won the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham and followed up with what looked like an unlikely but ultimately convincing win in the JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle 12 days ago.
