McCoy wary of Irish threat

Reigning title holder Sublimity and the mercurial Harchibald are very much still among the horses to beat in the Champion Hurdle come Cheltenham in March, according to Tony McCoy.

McCoy produced a magnificent ride to get Straw Bear home in front in the Stan James Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on St Stephen's Day, edging out the odds-on Harchibald by a head.