Sizing Europe to skip Champion Hurdle at Punchestown
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sizing Europe is a surprise absentee from the seven horses declared for the ACC Bank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown tomorrow.
Henry de Bromhead's charge had been expected to try and bounce back from his disappointment when he started favourite for the Champion at Cheltenham last month.
The field is now headed by Sublimity and Harchibald and is set to see the three members of the Carberry family, Paul, Philip and Nina, in opposition in a Grade One race for the first time.