Iktitaf can complete spectacular six-timer

TONY MCCOY heads for Newbury this afternoon and so misses teaming up with Brave Inca in the bewleyshotels.com December Festival Hurdle.

Colm Murphy wasted no time finding an able replacement and Ruby Walsh partners the champion hurdler for the first time.

The eight-year-old got back on the winning trail with a typically gutsy performance to beat Rosaker in the Hatton's Grace at Fairyhouse earlier in the month.