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Carberry Has Sublime Chance In Champion

Philip Carberry believes he has a 'serious chance' of winning the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle on recent ante-post gamble Sublimity.

John Carr's seven-year-old was an unlucky fourth in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival last season behind Noland and he returned to the track after a lay-off this season with an effortless 20-length success at Navan.

His price has tumbled in recent days and from being available at 66-1 last week, the former Sir Michael Stoute inmate is as low as 20-1 with Sky Bet

'Hopefully the way the race will be run will suit him,' reasoned Carberry.

'He is a class horse with a high cruising speed and even though he doesn't have many runs over hurdles to his name, he jumps well.

'He is very good and everything seems to be going right. He has grown up into a man of a horse and I'm looking forward to riding him.

'I know that Brave Inca, Macs Joy and Hardy Eustace are very solid horses, but I'm hoping we can stick with them and quicken up past them.

'There's about eight horses with a serious chance of winning the race and we are one of those, so I can't wait.'

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