Faugheen heads Punchestown Champion Hurdle
Thursday 30 April 2015 12:13, UK
Faugheen is the stand-out name from five declarations for the Queally Group Celebrating 35 Years In Naas Punchestown Champion Hurdle on Friday.
Willie Mullins' Cheltenham Festival hero will bid to maintain his remarkable unbeaten record in the Grade One on the penultimate day of the Punchestown Festival.
Jezki, who won this race 12 months ago, has also been declared, but he is set to run in the Ladbrokes World Series Hurdle on Thursday.
Faugheen's stablemate Arctic Fire finished second in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham but was a faller at Aintree.
He will get the chance to set the record straight alongside the David Pipe-trained Dell' Arca and Tiger Roll from Gordon Elliott's yard.
