Hurricane Fly heads Aintree racing entries

Record-breaking Grade One winner Hurricane Fly is among a stellar entry of 14 for the Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle at the Liverpool track on Thursday.

The legendary 22-times scorer at the top level, including two Champion Hurdles, would be making his first appearance on Merseyside at the age of 11.

His trainer Willie Mullins has also put in Arctic Fire, who ran a tremendous race to finish one place ahead of Hurricane Fly when second to stablemate Faugheen in this season’s renewal of the Cheltenham showpiece.