Solwhit powers into top tip for Champion Hurdle
SOLWHIT is the new favourite for the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham after winning the Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle yesterday for Charles Byrnes and Davy Russell at Leopardstown.
Russell sat just off a fair gallop set by Ruby Walsh on Celestial Halo but the distress signals were soon being sent out on last year's Champion Hurdle runner-up. Sublimity briefly looked a threat, but Solwhit powered away for a four-and-a-half-length win from Donnas Palm, who caught Sublimity on the line for second.