Chanelle Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle |
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| Grade 1, Leopardstown 15:15 Race Value: €150,000 4yo plus, 2m, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 6th February 2021 | |
1 Honeysuckle 10/11F
2 Abracadabras 10/1
3
Sharjah 10/3
6 ran Distances: 10l, 9l, 2l
Time: 4m 1.50s (slow by 16.50s)
Honeysuckle - she's special
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) February 6, 2021
🏇 Ten races
🥇 Ten wins
🏆🏆 G1 Irish Champion Hurdle
🏆🏆 G1 Hatton's Grace
🏆 G1 Mares' Hurdle
🏆 G1 Mares Novice Hurdle
Honeysuckle retains her Irish Champion Hurdle crown for @rachaelblackmor & @HenrydeBromhead at @LeopardstownRC pic.twitter.com/Rv3wMwgAzc
Honeysuckle annihilated her field to win the Chanelle Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle for the second successive season.
The 10/11 favourite was making it ten from ten under rules and was sent on going to the second last by Rachael Blackmore.
Once kicked clear there was never a moment of concern for connections, Henry De Bromhead's charge pulling further and further clear.
Abacadabras proved best of the rest in second but he was ten lengths adrift at the line.
Chanelle Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle
2m , Race Value: €150,000
6 ran
Going: Soft, Soft to Heavy in places
1 Honeysuckle 7 11-5 Henry De Bromhead Rachael Blackmore 10/11F
2 10 Abacadabras 7 11-12 Gordon Elliott Jack Kennedy 10/1
3 9 Sharjah 8 11-12 W P Mullins Mr P W Mullins 10/3
4 2 Saint Roi 6 11-12 W P Mullins Mark Walsh 6/1
5 19 Petit Mouchoir 10 11-12 Gordon Elliott B J Cooper 18/1
6 34 Saldier 7 11-12 W P Mullins Paul Townend 16/1
