Fly on course for Punchestown

HURRICANE Fly is on course to defend his crown in the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown on May 6.

Fly on course for Punchestown
Tue, 19 Apr, 2011 - 01:00
Keith Hamer

No horse has won this race twice since it was revamped in 1999, but Willie Mullins’ star will return to the County Kildare track fresh from his brilliant success in the Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March.

He is on a hat-trick of major successes having won the BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown in January.

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