Inca and Iktitaf set for rematch

Brave Inca and Iktitaf face a small-field rematch in the bewleyshotels.com December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown tomorrow.

The former, trained by Colm Murphy and winner of last season’s Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, was only third behind Iktitaf, beaten eight and a quarter lengths, in the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown last month when having his first run of the winter.