Newmill ‘would have really put it up to’ Brave Inca in Champion Hurdle

JOHN MURPHY believes that last week’s Queen Mother Champion Chase winner, Newmill, would have really put it up to Brave Inca had he run in the Champion Hurdle.

The Norwich gelding was a most impressive winner of the feature on Wednesday, making all to win by nine lengths under Andrew McNamara at odds of 16-1.

Brushed aside by Brave Inca in two Grade One hurdle races earlier in the season, it was obvious that Newmill had improved considerably in the interim to the extent that Murphy nearly planned a rematch with Colm Murphy's stable star.