Rachael Blackmore Claims Back-To-Back Champion Hurdles

She was aboard Honeysuckle. 

Rachael Blackmore has claimed back-to-back Champion Hurdles aboard Honeysuckle. 

The odds-on favourites claimed the feature race on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, beating the Aidan Coleman-mount of Epatante into second.

Honeysuckle’s trainer Henry de Bromhead was taken aback at the victory speaking to Racing TV.

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