Whisky stakes World Hurdle claim

OSCAR WHISKY is poised to try to spoil Big Buck’s’ bid for a fourth Ladbrokes World Hurdle triumph following his emphatic victory in the Cheltenham & Three Counties Race Club Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday.

Nicky Henderson indicated the staying championship would be the second of three more outings for the seven-year-old this season, in preference to another tilt at the Champion Hurdle in which he finished an honourable third to Hurricane Fly last year.

The announcement came after Oscar Whisky had oozed class under Barry Geraghty to stretch clear of Poungach up the final hill of the Class Two contest over two and a half miles.