Sublimity may be biggest Champion threat, says De Bromhead

HENRY DE BROMHEAD is set to hand Sizing Europe an imminent away-day as he plots a path to Cheltenham for a tilt at the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle.

Sublimity may be biggest Champion threat, says De Bromhead
Thu, 21 Feb, 2008 - 00:00
Thomas Deane

The six-year-old beat Osana in the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle at the course in November before leaping to favouritism for the March 11 feature with a smooth success in the AIG Europe Champion.

De Bromhead said: “He’ll probably go for a gallop away from home next week sometime and at the moment he is just ticking away.

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