Faugheen Is Back 2015 Champion Hurdle winner Faugheen returns to competitive action for the first time in 22 months at Punchestown on Sunday. The nine year old will face just four rivals in the Grade 1 Unibet Morgiana Hurdle, the only race in which he has tasted defeat in 13 previous races under National Hunt rules. He went down by half-a-length to stablemate Nichols Canyon in the 2015 renewal. Ruby Walsh rides Faugheen. 2014 Champion Hurdle winner Jezki is among the opposition along with other recent scorers Campeador and Swamp Fox. Willie Mullins who trains Faugheen has also declared Vroum Vroum Mag and the mare will receive a seven pounds sex allowance from her rivals. View Race Card
