Bygones to swerve MCR Hurdle

Bygones Of Brid will skip an engagement in the MCR Hurdle at Leopardstown this weekend and instead head for the Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton on January 15.
The eight-year-old would have been forced to carry top weight in the Irish contest, conceding upwards of 6lb to all of his rivals, a task trainer Karen McLintock was not keen on undertaking.