Brave Inca ‘should come on for the run’
Colm Murphy’s stable star is due to run in the Ballymore Properties Hatton’s Grace Hurdle, a race in which he finished second 12 months ago.
Tony McCoy has ridden the seven-year-old on his last two starts, winning both times, and the champion jockey is looking forward to renewing his association with the gelding at the weekend.
“He’s going to run in the Hatton’s Grace over two and a half miles, the trip shouldn’t be a problem for him,” he said yesterday.
“Obviously Solerina has won the last two runnings of the race and she beat Brave Inca six lengths last year, so he’s got a bit to find with her.
“But I was fairly impressed with him on his first run back at Punchestown a fortnight ago and he should come on for the run.
“He’s tough but he’s got lots of class. He is right up there with the others as far as being a Champion Hurdle horse is concerned.”
Brave Inca finished third, beaten a neck and the same, to Hardy Eustace in last season’s Champion Hurdle and is a top-priced 7-1 shot with Ladbrokes for the Cheltenham Festival contest next March.
