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Hatton’s Grace Hurdle: Henry de Bromhead builds Honeysuckle before Fairyhouse returns | Racing news

Henry de Bromhead will continue to focus on Honeysuckle as he prepares his undefeated horse to successfully challenge for an unprecedented fourth time in Bar One Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

There has been a lot of discussion around the relative merits of dual winner Champion Hurdle and her forged main, the impressive winner Supreme Constitution Hill, since the Cheltenham Festival in March. .

Much of it was made up of the comparative time of Constitution Hill’s 22-minute win over Jonbon and Honeysuckle’s three-and-a-half-minute verdict against Epatante, with the newcomer going home six seconds faster in a race at pace. faster than before.

The honeysuckle rode by jockey Rachael Blackmore wins the Paddy Power Champion Hurdle
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Honeysuckle, ridden by jockey Rachael Blackmore, wins Paddy Power Champion Hurdle

Constitution Hill topped the Champion Hurdle market, and when asked about Willie Mullins’ view that Honeysuckle is overvalued, De Bromhead said: “I don’t know, I’m not a punter, I’m not entitled to it. comment.

“Obviously you can see why people support Constitution Hill because he’s so impressive and his timing and all the different things we rate different races, you can understand that.

“But I suppose on the other hand, she was there, doing it all and standing the test of time.

“[Time] is a very important factor for humans. Maybe I don’t know enough about it, I suppose it has to be a factor and metric, but I suppose the faster they find Honey the better she is.

“If you think about last year’s Hatton’s Grace when she won it about half a mile from home, they were galloping furiously so the faster they went, the better it suited her.

“She seems to be able to do it, no matter what – no matter the terrain, the ride, the speed, she always seems to do it. That’s how I look at it.

“All we can do is keep trying to get her the best we can, try to beat the people we can and if someone can beat us, let’s face it.” be fair to them We had some problems with her.

“Everybody is entitled to their opinion, all we can do is keep getting her there in the best way we can.”

Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore after winning Champion Hurdle last year
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Honeysuckle and Blackmore after winning Champion Hurdle last year

Honeysuckle equalized Limestone Lad, Solerina and Apple’s Jade by scoring her hat-trick in Hatton’s Grace last year, beating Ronald Pump by eight yards to a half-way win by that same horse on 2020.

De Bromhead reports his star is in good form for her engagement on December 4, but admits the acid test will come on race day as the mare takes her 17th straight win of the season The prize is considered her last.

He said: “Rachael [has] taught her, she’s very smart and she seems fine, her job is very good. She has one more kind of bigger piece to do and then there’s Hatton’s Grace.

“At home, I won’t push them to that extent [level] that i can tell you [whether they are in similar form to last year], I will see that on. You won’t really push them to that limit, those good horses, at home.

“We’re on the same show [as last year].”

With an impeccable track record including 12 wins in First Grade, De Bromhead feels Honeysuckle has been assured of her status as one of the top students – no matter what she achieves this term.

He added: “I think she should [go down as one of the greats]just because of what she did, I think she has the right.”




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