Teahupoo to test Stayers’ credentials in Galmoy heat
Honeysuckle’s conqueror heads to Gowran on Thursday.
Hatton’s Grace hero Teahupoo tests the water over three miles for the first time in the John Mulhern Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran Park on Thursday. Gordon Elliott’s charge finished last behind Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and the Punchestown Champion Hurdle last season, but turned that form on its head when inflicting a first career defeat on Henry de Bromhead’s superstar mare at Fairyhouse last month. That victory came over the intermediate distance of two and a half miles and Elliott is keen to see how he fares over an even longer trip in a bid to discover whether the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in March is a realistic target. When asked if he was looking forward to running Teahupoo over three miles, Elliott said: “I’m looking forward to every day!Teahupoo is a 20/1 shocker in the @BarOneRacing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle!
The only five-year-old in the field pips Klassical Dream and inflicts a first defeat on the brilliant Honeysuckle in quite a big-race heat at @Fairyhouse 🏇 pic.twitter.com/gA1cHp3C0N— Racing TV (@RacingTV) December 4, 2022
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