• Outsider makes light work of testing conditions
• Reigning champion hurdler Buveur D’Air falls
Espoir D’Allen was a surprising but emphatic winner of a drama-filled Champion Hurdle in which Buveur D’Air, winner for the last two years, was an early faller. The outcome is a breakthrough first Festival success for the County Meath-based Gavin Cromwell, a blacksmith by trade whose sideline in training has gradually taken over his life.
“I was behind Barry [Geraghty, Buveur D’Air’s jockey] when he fell,” said the winning rider, Mark Walsh. “Luckily, I wasn’t in his way. I was travelling everywhere. It’s unbelievable.
Written by Chris Cook at Cheltenham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/12/espoir-dallen-shock-winner-champion-hurdle-cheltenham-festival-horse-racing under the title “Espoir D’Allen shock winner of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
