Dessie Hughes is confident Hardy Eustace is at his peak ahead of another clash with Brave Inca in the ACC Bank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown on Friday week.
A dual winner of the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, the nine-year-old could finish only third behind that rival this time after an interrupted preparation.
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