With or without reluctant travellers, DRF is a great festival

No prizes for guessing the first quote comes from famously risk-averse Nicky Henderson, responding to the suggestion that his peerless hurdler Constitution Hill might travel to this weekend’s Dublin Racing Festival, [DRF].
With or without reluctant travellers, DRF is a great festival

ALL SET: Trainer Martin Brassil’s stable star Fastorslow gears up for a rematch with Galopin Des Champs in the Irish Gold Cup at the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown today.Picture: Morgan Treacy

A multiple-choice question to begin with; which of these two recent statements is more likely to tickle your passion for horse racing? (Spoiler alert: the correct answer is, clearly, ‘b.’) 

(a) “I personally wouldn’t want to be going there in a fortnight’s time for an away game, It's always in favour of the home team. Why would we want an away game when we don’t actually need one?”

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