Brave Inca crowned Horse of the Year

SMURFIT Kappa Champion Hurdle winner Brave Inca was named Horse of the Year at a glittering ceremony for the first Anglo-Irish Jump Racing Awards.

Colm Murphy’s stable star was also recognised as champion two-mile hurdler at the inaugural occasion held by the British Horseracing Board and Irish Turf Club in London.

The awards were based on and coincided with the publication of the Anglo-Irish National Hunt classifications.