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Brave Inca rolls back the years

Sun 25th Jan 2009, 15:15

Brave Inca landed his tenth Grade One race when putting up a typically tough performance to take the Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle at the age of eleven. Muirhead loomed up as a serious challenger approaching the last, but Ruby Walsh kept the veteran up to his work and he stayed on strongly to win by 3/4 length.

Trainer Colm Murphy said: 'I was worried turning for home that Muirhead was travelling so well, but when our fella pricked his ears coming down to the last I knew he had more in the tank.'

Toshiba Irish Champion H'dle (Grade 1) €100,000.00 2m

1st

Brave Inca (IRE)

11/4

Tote €3.40 €1.40

2nd

0.75L

7/2

€1.90

3rd

7L

River Liane (FR)

9/1

€2.00

4th

10L

2/1Fav

Ireland Jockeys Trainers Ruby Walsh C Murphy

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