Eustace backed after Lady announcement

Dual Smurfit Champion Hurdle winner Hardy Eustace is down to 5-2 with totesport for a third success in the Cheltenham event after fellow Irish raider Feathard Lady was finally ruled out.

Dessie Hughes’ nine-year-old heads Brave Inca (11-4) at the top of the market after Colm Murphy lost his race against time with the unbeaten mare.