Christmas repeat for Binocular

Binocular was made to pull out all the stops to defend his crown in a thrilling williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton.

Mon, 26 Dec, 2011 - 14:54

Binocular was made to pull out all the stops to defend his crown in a thrilling williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton.

Nicky Henderson’s seven-year-old had ground to make up with Overturn on last month’s running of the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle, but market confidence saw him sent off the 5-4 favourite.

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