Baracouda shock Long Walk absentee

BARACOUDA will miss the totesport Long Walk Hurdle at Windsor on Saturday after an administrative error at Francois Doumen's yard ruled the French ace out of this weekend's showpiece.

Tue, 13 Dec, 2005 - 00:00
Martin Kelly

The 10-year-old has taken the Grade One race on four occasions, and beat Crystal D’Ainay by three-quarters of a length 12 months ago to add to his wins in 2000, 2001 and 2003.

Owner JP McManus’ racing manager Frank Berry said: “Everything is fine, it was just a clerical error and he wasn’t confirmed.

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