Be Brave and side with Inca in Festival Hurdle

BRAVE INCA is the choice to outbattle Harchibald in the featured bewleyshotels.com December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown this afternoon.

Thu, 29 Dec, 2005 - 00:00
Pat Keane

There is little doubt Harchibald will be galloping all over his rival for most of the journey, but when the real battle begins to rage it is Brave Inca who may have the answers.

He ran below par last time when finishing a close third behind Solerina and Golden Cross, never looking happy in the very testing conditions.

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