Harchibald on course for Champion

Alan Magee

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Noel Meade reports Harchibald in good form as the Smurfit Champion Hurdle favourite builds up for the Cheltenham Festival in just over four weeks time.

´We gave him a quiet time after deciding to miss out on the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown, and started his build up for Cheltenham this week.´

´I will take him to two tracks as part of his work in the next few weeks, with the after-racing session at Leopardstown on March 6 one of them,´ said Meade.

About Alan Magee

Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.

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