Champion Hurdle still on Straw Bear agenda

Nick Gifford offered no excuses for Straw Bear’s reverse at Sandown yesterday.

Champion Hurdle still on Straw Bear agenda
Sun, 03 Feb, 2008 - 13:32

Nick Gifford offered no excuses for Straw Bear’s reverse at Sandown yesterday.

The JP McManus-owned gelding was beaten three and a half lengths by Nicky Henderson’s Afsoun in the Contenders Hurdle.

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