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Posted on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Trainer Colm Murphy billed Brave Inca as a “superstar” after the eight-year-old battled up the Cheltenham hill under Tony McCoy to capture the £350,000, Grade I, Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle (approx 3300m) on the first day of the UK jumping festival that attracted 55,426 patrons at the Cheltenham Race Course.
Murphy said;“It’s great to win this after getting so close last year [the horse was third under Barry Cash]. It’s something else. I was fairly happy from the top of the hill that it would take a good one to beat him. Tony was very strong on him - I’m sure the horse will lay down tonight!
“He’ll have a long summer’s grass, but more than likely he’ll be back here next year. He’ll have entries at Punchestown, but he probably won’t go to Aintree.
“To win the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle here was special [with Brave Inca in 2004] but this is special. I’m delighted for the horse and everyone connected with him at home. They’ve all put so much into the horse - and it’s a big syndicate that owns him, and it’s growing!"
Tony McCoy said: “When I left Leopardstown [after he and Brave Inca had won the AIG (Europe) Champion Hurdle) I was convinced he’d win this race.
“Brave Inca is a horse that waits for others to come to him - he never goes away from another horse without waiting, but he keeps pulling out more when you ask him.”
The winner, a gelding by Good Thyne (USA), out of Wigwam Mam (IRE), is owned by the seven-person Novices’ Syndicate headed by racecourse bookmaker Ciaran O’Tierney. (Racenews UK)
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