Cheltenham Festival Betting - Champion Hurdle Update

Jan. 8, 2012 - PRLog -- Race goers have not seen the Willie Mullins-trained 8 year-old since he landed the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival last May.

With just over three weeks till the Irish Champion Hurdle other big names that are in the frame to line-up alongside Hurricane Fly  include Istabraq Festival Hurdle winner, Unaccompanied, the 2010 Champion Hurdler, Binocular, Spirit Son and Zaidpour.

Leading Irish bookmaker Paddy Power make Dermot Weld’s Unaccompanied the 9-2 second favourite, behind Hurricane Fly – with Binocular, Thousand Stars, Spirit Son, Mikael D’Haguenet, Oscars Well, So Young and Zaidpour all available at prices ranging from 5-1 to 14-1.

Unaccompanied’s trainer Dermot Weld, told At The Races on Sunday: “I’m happy with the way she’s come out of the race. It was an excellent performance – the Irish Champion will tell us more where we stand as regards to Cheltenham.”

Weld, also feels that good to yielding ground is ideal for Unaccompanied, and stated that he’s not worried about taking on Hurricane Fly. He added – “He’s an exceptional horse – a champion – but she needs all the experience at this level to win at this level,”.

“She runs in the race and what runs against her runs against her. The best is yet to come. I think she’ll be better as a six-year-old.”

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