Maybe the Champion Hurdle won't be a penalty kick for Constitution Hill after all...
RISING STAR: Impaire Et Passe wins the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle at this year's Cheltenham Festival. Picture: Healy Racing
Not since the sons of Wayne Rooney and Christiano Ronaldo, (Kai and CR7 Jr) played for Man Unites U12s last year has the return of the offspring of legends to their parent’s spiritual home driven such high expectations. Mystical Power, the first son of brilliant Champion Hurdle winner Annie Power, and Aurora Vega, a daughter of the peerless mare Quevega, are high on a long list of young hopefuls for Willie Mullins this coming winter. Mystical Power has been given a non-standard introduction to racing for a potential superstar, winning a summer bumper at Ballinrobe followed by an impressive maiden hurdle win at the Galway festival. He will be aimed at top grade staying novice hurdle races and is bred to improve with age.
