Fly can wing in

HURRICANE FLY has to be the fancy to outclass his five rivals in the Grade 1 Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.

Fly can wing in
Fri, 06 May, 2011 - 01:00
Pat Keane

He has won his last five races, four of them this season, and was quite brilliant when landing the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March.

The seven-year-old travelled beautifully through the contest and quickened in style from the last to beat Peddlers Cross by a length and a quarter.

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