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Mon 01 Jan 2011Hurricane blows them away again
LEOPARDSTOWN REPORT:AS “C” words go, Cheltenham is usually a favourite racing one, but even after Hurricane Fly’s resounding success in yesterday’s BHP Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown, trainer Willie Mullins was noticeably loath to ponder the festival too deeply.
Considering injury has prevented Ireland’s top hurdler from making Cheltenham in both 2009 and 2010, a reluctance to tempt fate by the champion trainer is understandable.
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