Flooring Porter takes on 10 rivals in Stayers’ hat-trick bid
Teahupoo and Blazing Khal amongst Cheltenham opposition.
Gavin Cromwell’s Flooring Porter will face 10 rivals as he bids to win the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham on Thursday for the third time. He has already joined the likes of Galmoy and Baracouda as a dual victor in the race and a third triumph would emulate Inglis Drever, although the indomitable Big Buck’s stands alone having won the race four times. Flooring Porter has suffered an interrupted preparation this year but Cromwell has been pleased with his progress in recent weeks.He caused a shock when downing Honeysuckle in the Hatton’s Grace and then proved his stamina in the Galmoy Hurdle. Joseph O’Brien’s Home By The Lee was sixth in the race 12 months ago and has improved this term to win the Lismullen Hurdle and Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown. Blazing Khal is unbeaten in his last five races and returned from a mammoth absence to win on his only outing this season in the Boyne Hurdle, but trainer Charles Byrnes has endured a difficult time with him since that Navan run last month.
We’ve seen a big move in ante-post Stayers’ Hurdle markets after Blazing Khal returned to the track with a bang in the Grade 2 Boyne Hurdle @NavanRacecourse.
Check out his performance by heading to the replays section on our website 👇https://t.co/k26YUiUWts pic.twitter.com/0vt4AQLQXp — Racing TV (@RacingTV) February 12, 2023
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