Hedgehunter team eye Hennessy bid en route to Gold Cup

HEDGEHUNTER, winner of the 2005 Grand National, is likely to be seen in Grade One action next month.

Hedgehunter team eye Hennessy bid en route to Gold Cup
Fri, 19 Jan, 2007 - 00:00
Thomas Deane

The Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup on February 10 has been nominated as his probable next port of call before connections turn their attention to Cheltenham and Aintree.

Second in the Leopardstown race last season, Willie Mullins’ 11-year-old filled the same spot in the Gold Cup in March and the Grand National the following month.

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CourtsRacingPlace: CheltenhamPlace: AintreePlace: LeopardstownPlace: Prestbury ParkPerson: Willie Mullins’Person: HedgehunterPerson: Trevor Hemmings’Person: Michael MeagherPerson: WilliePerson: FrostPerson: Simon ClaissePerson: LethebyPerson: Christopher ChasePerson: Tom GeorgePerson: Star De MohaisonPerson: GeorgePerson: Robert WinstonPerson: Robbie FitzpatrickPerson: Luke FletcherPerson: Fran FerrisPerson: Ian NichollsPerson: WinstonPerson: FitzpatrickEvent: Gold Cup HEDGEHUNTEREvent: 2005 Grand NationalEvent: HennessyEvent: Cognac Gold CupEvent: Gold CupEvent: Grand NationalEvent: ChristmasEvent: NationalEvent: Festival TrialsOrganisation: HennessyOrganisation: The RacesOrganisation: NationalOrganisation: Horseracing Regulatory AuthorityOrganisation: HRA
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