Hughes heaps praise on retired Hardy

Dual Champion Hurdle winner Hardy Eustace has earned honourable retirement following defeat at Punchestown on Thursday.

Hughes heaps praise on retired Hardy
Fri, 01 Jan, 2010 - 12:05

Dual Champion Hurdle winner Hardy Eustace has earned honourable retirement following defeat at Punchestown on Thursday.

As well as his victories in the Cheltenham showpiece in 2004 and 2005, he also won the 2003 Royal & SunAlliance Novices’ Hurdle at the Festival.

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