Solerina and Eustace on target for rematch

SOLERINA and Hardy Eustace, first and second at Navan two weeks ago, are on course to clash at Leopardstown next Wednesday.

Solerina and Eustace on target for rematch
Wed, 22 Dec, 2004 - 00:00
Keith Hamer

Solerina came out on top by two and a half lengths over her optimum trip of two and a half miles in the Tara Hurdle, but Hardy Eustace lost nothing in defeat as it was the Champion Hurdle winner’s first race since April.

A rematch in the Bewleys Hotels December Festival Hurdle over two miles, for which there were 10 five-day entries yesterday, would be one to savour.

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