Inca afraid of Mighty test
Shropshire's Aintree hero Mighty Man has the top Irish racehorse trainers running scared. Shropshire's Aintree hero Mighty Man has the top Irish racehorse trainers running scared. The seven-year-old, trained by Henry Daly near Ludlow, destroyed the opposition in the John Smith's Liverpool Hurdle earlier this month. On Thursday he is due to run in the 200,000 euros Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Champion Stayers' Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival. That's when Irish star Brave Inca tackles three miles for the first time - but his trainer Colm Murphy admits the calibre of Mighty Man will mean a stiff examination. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
Shropshire's Aintree hero Mighty Man has the top Irish racehorse trainers running scared.
The seven-year-old, trained by Henry Daly near Ludlow, destroyed the opposition in the John Smith's Liverpool Hurdle earlier this month.
And on Thursday he is due to run in the 200,000 euros Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Champion Stayers' Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival.
That's when Irish star Brave Inca tackles three miles for the first time - but his trainer Colm Murphy admits the calibre of Mighty Man will mean a stiff examination.
"There's no question about it, it's a hell of a race. I think if it was at Leopardstown or at Cheltenham then we'd be running over two miles again," Murphy admitted.
"It's just a case of Punchestown being a sharp two miles and I think the three miles round there will be fine. It's a first for us, but I don't think there is any question of him not getting the trip."