Punjabi targets Punchestown gold

Punjabi bids to follow in the illustrious hoofprints of Istabraq and Hardy Eustace by completing the Cheltenham/Punchestown Champion Hurdle double tomorrow.

Punjabi targets Punchestown gold
Thu, 30 Apr, 2009 - 13:20

Punjabi bids to follow in the illustrious hoofprints of Istabraq and Hardy Eustace by completing the Cheltenham/Punchestown Champion Hurdle double tomorrow.

Those two icons of Irish jumping captured both races in 1999 and 2004 respectively and now it is the turn of Nicky Henderson's charge to attempt this prestigious double.

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