Huge entry for Triumph hurdle

A record number of 125 horses have been entered for the JCB Triumph Hurdle on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival on March 18.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2004 - 12:11

A record number of 125 horses have been entered for the JCB Triumph Hurdle on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival on March 18.

The entries for the four-year-old championship are headed by the Alan King-trained Trouble At Bay, winner of his last four starts, most recently the Steel Plate Trial Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle at Prestbury Park on New Year’s Day.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: Prestbury ParkPlace: FrancePlace: CorkPlace: Goffs FrancePlace: SandownPlace: IrelandPlace: LeopardstownPlace: GermanyPerson: Alan KingPerson: MondulPerson: Val Du DonPerson: MerylPerson: HasanpourPerson: Charlie SwanPerson: Howard JohnsonPerson: Graham WyliePerson: Jonjo O’NeillPerson: Paul NichollsPerson: KjetilPerson: O’NeillPerson: Mariah RollinsPerson: CoralPerson: InexorablePerson: Watson LakePerson: Edward GillespieEvent: Cheltenham FestivalEvent: Steel Plate Trial Juvenile Novices’ HurdleEvent: New Year’s DayEvent: ChristmasEvent: 2003 Weatherbys Champion BumperEvent: National Hunt FestivalOrganisation: TriumphOrganisation: Trouble At BayOrganisation: Wragge & Co FinesseOrganisation: SpectroscopeOrganisation: AstronomicOrganisation: Royal & SunAlliance Novices’Organisation: Cheltenham
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