Today's AIG Europe Champion Hurdle result is odds-on to prove significant at Cheltenham in March.
Three times in the last four years the Leopardstown winner has gone on to collect the Smurfit Champion Hurdle itself.
And only two of the last eight scorers to bid for the double have failed to make the frame.
AIG Europe Champion Hurdle: 10-year record
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Cheltenham
1990 Nomadic Way B Powell B Hills 2nd.
1991 Nordic Surprise C Swan J Bolger, Ireland NR.
1992 Chirkpar L Cusack J Bolger, Ireland 7th.
1993 Royal Derbi D Murphy N Callaghan 2nd.
1994 Fortune And Fame A Maguire D Weld, Ireland NR.
1995 Fortune And Fame M Dwyer D Weld, Ireland 4th.
1996 COLLIER BAY J OSBORNE J OLD WON.
1997 Cockney Lad R Hughes N Meade, Ireland 9th.
1998 ISTABRAQ C SWAN A O'BRIEN, IRELAND WON.
1999 ISTABRAQ C SWAN A O'BRIEN, IRELAND WON.
2000 Istabraq C Swan A O'Brien, Ireland ?. -PA
