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Harchibald can score
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Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
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March 11, 2008
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Harchibald can quell the dissenting voices by winning the
Champion Hurdle on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival.
Although his supporters are in for an anxious few hours - soft
ground spells very bad news - the Harchibald sceptics may well be
left with egg on their faces after the main event.
The nine-year-old's fighting spirit has been questioned. The
critics most notably sharpened their blades in the Champion Hurdle
three years ago when he found nothing off the bridle and went down a
head to Hardy Eustace. Third that day was Brave Inca, though, so
the form obviously looks watertight in retrospect.
Harchibald, who ...
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