Charlie runs his expert eye over the entries for the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on February 10
Charlie
CHARLIE MCCANN
Five or six year-olds have won the last eleven renewals of the Betfair Hurdle and there are a host of progressive novice hurdlers in the 59 entries that were made for this valuable and prestigious handicap hurdle due to be run at Newbury on February 10.
The eight-year-old mare Kayf Grace (10st 9lbs) is likely to try to give recently married Lambourn handler Nicky Henderson a record sixth win in the race, but an 8lb rise for her fluent win at Kempton over Christmas might just ...