Europe has it sized up

LOGIC dictates that Sizing Europe has to be the selection to land the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham this afternoon.

Rapidly on the upgrade, he has plenty going for him, including the fact that all ground seems to come the same to Henry de Bromhead's imposing six-year-old.

He first arrived on the scene as a possible champion in the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham in November. Sizing Europe beat Osana (gave 6lbs) by four lengths on that occcasion. Facing into the AIG, however, he still had a huge amount to find with the likes of Hardy Eustace and Al Eile.