Cowboy doubt for Champion Hurdle after Stayers win

Jonjo O'Neill's Rhinestone Cowboy is unlikely to turn out for tomorrow’s Emo Oil Champion Hurdle at Punchestown after a brilliant victory there today.

Cowboy doubt for Champion Hurdle after Stayers win
Thu, 29 Apr, 2004 - 18:23

Rhinestone Cowboy is unlikely to turn out for tomorrow’s Emo Oil Champion Hurdle at Punchestown after a brilliant victory there today.

The Jonjo O’Neill-trained eight-year-old slammed his stable companion Iris’s Gift by seven lengths in the Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers Hurdle at the Irish track, his first try at three miles.

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