Willie Mullins' Anzadam is set to be the overwhelming favorite in the Naas Racecourse Business Club Limestone Lad Hurdle on Sunday, aiming to strengthen his Cheltenham Festival credentials. The horse has impressed in his Irish debut, winning the Grade Three WillowWarm Hurdle in December. Mullins sees exciting potential in Anzadam and believes he could compete with top horses like Majborough. The International Hurdle at Cheltenham remains a possibility for the five-year-old, though he faces stiff competition from Gordon Elliott's Beacon Edge and Bill Durkan's Laafi in Sunday's race.
Willie Mullins will hope Anzadam can enhance his Cheltenham Festival claims when he runs at Naas on Sunday.
The trainer raised this weekend’s International Hurdle at Cheltenham as a possible next port of call in the aftermath, but the five-year-old instead remains on home soil for a race won by Espoir d’Allen en route to winning the Champion Hurdle six years ago. “I was so disappointed. Even though we had Majborough in the Triumph Hurdle, Anzadam was right up there, so that’s the sort of company I’d put him with.”
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL ANZADAM WILLIE MULLINS LIMESTONE LAD HURDLE CHAMPION HURDLE
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