Abacadabras just magic in Aintree Hurdle
Champion Hurdle exit forgotten with Grade One strike.
Abacadabras made amends for crashing out at Cheltenham when taking Grade One honours in the Betway Aintree Hurdle at the Liverpool course.
The Denise Foster-trained seven-year-old exited at the third flight in the Champion Hurdle – but bounced back to strike in the hands of Jack Kennedy.
Abacadabras (5-1) had the loose Jason The Militant for company in the closing stages and kept on strongly to hold Buzz by a length and a quarter, with Millers Bank two and a quarter lengths in third and Buveur D’Air fourth.
Abracadabras takes the victory in the big one, of day one, the Betway Aintree Hurdle! 🏆#ITVRacing #GrandNational pic.twitter.com/lB6y7X9L1u
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) April 8, 2021
The latter was leading when Jason The Militant, who unseated Rachael Blackmore after jumping the seventh flight, went across him at the second-last.
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