Flare has right profile in Hurdle

Gordon Elliott’s Flaxen Flare gets the vote in the Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit this afternoon.

Flare has right profile in Hurdle
Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 - 01:00
Pat Keane

He appears to have a strong profile, being a rapidly improving four-year-old with just 10-3 to carry.

The selection revealed his true colours at the Cheltenham festival in March, when landing the 24-runner Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle.

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