CHELTENHAM: Sivola revved up for tilt at stayers’ crown

Trainer Nick Williams believes Thursday’s Ladbrokes World Hurdle is far from a two-horse race.

CHELTENHAM: Sivola revved up for tilt at stayers’ crown
Thu, 14 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
Keith Hamer

With three-time winner Big Buck’s sidelined by injury, the stayers’ championship is an open affair this term, although Williams’ Reve De Sivola and the Nicky Henderson-trained Oscar Whisky top the market.

The pair fought out a great finish to the Cleeve Hurdle on this course in January, with Reve De Sivola edging out Oscar Whisky by just a neck.

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