10 years on from Annie Power's infamous final hurdle fall, it happened again for Willie Mullins at the Cheltenham Festival
Not just once, but twice, in a Champion Hurdle overtaken by some sort of madness.With odds on favourite Constitution Hill having crashed out on the back straight and Brighterdaysahead weary in defeat, all defending champion State Man and Paul Townend had to do was jump the last and victory was theirs.
So much happened in the 3m56secs it took to run yesterday’s feature that it’s hard to know where to begin. Suddenly the race was on, but moving ominously well was old State Man, written off before this as a busted flush, he was rolling back the years and travelling like a winner. Henderson said: "Surely we'll have a rather fun day in Punchestown I hope. Well I'm sure that's where they want to go, it's where I'd like to go!
“They will do these silly things. It is tough, and we have to live with it, as we know what we are playing with. That is the game, you have to take these things, but it is difficult when it is on a day like this.
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