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After a frenetic opening session, intensity levels settled down a touch on day two of the Tattersalls Craven Sale, with the market headed by 14 six-figure two-year-olds.
The most expensive offering sold on Wednesday was signed for by Alastair Donald, who went to 240,000gns for a colt from the debut crop of bullet sprinter Caravaggio. The Yeomanstown Stud-consigned colt is a half-brother to Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes runner-up Wall Of Fire, and is out of a daughter of Galileo and Cherry Hinton Stakes winner Jewel In The Sand. He s been bought for a new Hong Kong client so he ll head out there at the end of the season, said Donald from his position at the back of the auditorium. He s a lovely horse with gorgeous movement, he s just a really striking individual and looks the type to do well in Hong Kong.
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Champion Hurdle exit forgotten with Grade One strike. By Press Association Thursday 8 Apr 2021, 5:27 PM 5 hours ago 2,007 Views 0 Comments
Abacadabras (centre) on his way to victory.
Image: Tim Goode/PA
Image: Tim Goode/PA
ABACADABRAS MADE AMENDS for crashing out at Cheltenham when taking Grade One honours in the Betway Aintree Hurdle at the Liverpool course.
The Denise Foster-trained seven-year-old exited at the third flight in the Champion Hurdle – but bounced back to strike in the hands of Jack Kennedy.
Abacadabras (5-1) had the loose Jason The Militant for company in the closing stages and kept on strongly to hold Buzz by a length and a quarter, with Millers Bank two and a quarter lengths in third and Buveur D’Air fourth.
UPDATED 9:46PM, APR 7 2021
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The winners of all seven Grade 1 hurdles at last month’s Cheltenham Festival were trained in Ireland and it is therefore no surprise that two of the top three in this market are based in the Emerald Isle.
Abacadabras could not hold a candle to Honeysuckle when second in the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown in February but it has since turned out that there are not many who can after the mare proved herself outstanding with victory at Cheltenham.
Abacadabras fell at the third flight in the Champion Hurdle and that is a concern. Backing last-time-out fallers in Grade 1 hurdles since the start of 2016 would have yielded a loss of £11.60 to £1 level stakes and only five have won from a total of 43 runners (12 per cent).