Irish Champion Hurdle learning curve for Unaccompanied

DERMOT WELD expects to have a better idea of where Unaccompanied stands in the pecking order after she runs in the BHP Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on January 29.

Irish Champion Hurdle learning curve for Unaccompanied
Sat, 07 Jan, 2012 - 00:00
Chris Wilson

The five-year-old mare has really come of age this season, having shown last term that she was among the best around.

She beat subsequent Breeders’ Cup Turf winner St Nicholas Abbey on the Flat in April and won the Grade One Istabraq Festival Hurdle last time out.

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