Hot favourite Epatante could finish only third as her stablemate Marie’s Rock stole the show in the Coolmore Kew Gardens Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle at Punc
Easy-to-back Cheltenham Festival winner Marie’s Rock (10/1) led home a Nicky Henderson one-three in the Coolmore Kew Gardens Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle.
Nicky Henderson reports Epatante in “fantastic form” ahead of her bid for a seventh Grade One victory in the Coolmore Kew Gardens Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle at Punchestown on Saturday.