CHELTENHAM 2013: Byrnes’ joy as Solwhit rules World

Solwhit (right) on his way to winning the Ladbrokes World Hurdle ahead of Celestial Halo at Cheltenham yesterday.

Charles Byrnes produced a magical piece of training to land the featured Ladbrokes World Hurdle with Solwhit at Cheltenham yesterday.

In his pomp, Solwhit was never a million miles behind the dual champion hurdler, Hurricane Fly. Indeed, in November of 2009 he beat him into third place at Punchestown. On four occasions after that, he finished second to Hurricane Fly and, prior to yesterday, was a six-times Grade 1 winner.