Eustace set to face 14 rivals in Champion

ANTE-POST favourite Hardy Eustace will face 14 rivals as he bids for a second successive win in tomorrow’s Smurfit Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Eustace set to face 14 rivals in Champion
Mon, 14 Mar, 2005 - 00:00
Anita Chambers

Dessie Hughes’s eight-year-old will be trying to follow up on last year’s win in the Grade One race, when he beat Rooster Booster by five lengths.

Philip Hobbs’ runner will reoppose Hardy Eustace this time as will the Jonjo O’Neill-trained Intersky Falcon, who was third in that race.

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