Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore retain Champion Hurdle crown
There was a moment just after the field jumped the third-last in the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday when Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore’s pale blue silks were out of sight on the big screen, as Appreciate It, the second-favourite, pounded down the hill on the inside. Two strides later, with an actor’s sense of timing, they entered stage right, pulling out from Appreciate It’s slipstream to sit on his shoulder, and Blackmore heard the first rumblings of the noise that would carry them all the way back to the winners’ enclosure.
