Hurricane whips up perfect storm

WATCHING Hurricane Fly coast away with the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown last night one’s thoughts drifted back to the mighty Istabraq.

Magnificent timber-toppers like Istabraq arrive all too rarely, but it is surely time now to start talking about Hurricane Fly in the same breath.

Willie Mullins described what he did here as “awesome” and it summed up perfectly the display of the superb Montjeu gelding.