Irish get sublime start as McAleese checks in

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese added a regal presence to the big race of the day at Cheltenham when she handed over the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle trophy to Dublin man Bill Hennessy, owner of the winner, Sublimity.

And afterwards, elated winning owner Hennessy revealed he has another claim to fame.

“I own a firm which makes hearing aids called Bonavox,” he said.