Inca primed for Champion bid

BRAVE INCA will have one more serious gallop before travelling to Cheltenham in his bid to justify favouritism in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle on March 14.

Third in the race last year, the eight-year-old is the market leader to follow up his success in last month’s AIG Europe Champion Hurdle.

“He is very well at the moment - he did a piece of work at the end of last week and I was very happy with him,” said Murphy.