Punchestown World Hurdle 2013: Quevega vs Solwhit

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LADBROKES WORLD SERIES HURDLE (GRADE 1), €170,000,3M, 4YO+

1 Captain Sunshine (GB) (Emma Lavelle GB)

2 Celestial Halo (Paul Nicholls GB)

3 Connectivity (Dr Richard Newland GB)

4 Dedigout (Tony Martin)

5 Fiveforthree (Willie Mullins)

6 Grands Crus (FR) (David Pipe GB)

7 Holywell (Jonjo O'Neill GB)

8 Marasonnien (FR) (Willie Mullins)

9 Medinas (FR) (Alan King GB)

10 Menorah (Philip Hobbs GB)

11 Mikael D'Haguenet (FR) (Willie Mullins)

12 Mount Benbulben (Gordon Elliott)

13 Reve De Sivola (FR) (Nick Williams GB)

14 So Young (FR) (Willie Mullins)

15 Solwhit (FR) (Charles Byrnes)

16 Thousand Stars (FR) (Willie Mullins)

17 Whatuthink (Oliver McKiernan)

18 Zaidpour (FR) (Willie Mullins)

19 Dressedtothenines (Edward Harty)

20 Oilily (Sean Byrne)

21 Quevega (FR) (Willie Mullins)

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SOLWHIT vs QUEVEGA

The feature €170,000 Grade 1 LADBROKES WORLD SERIES HURDLE on Thursday, April 25, promises to provide one of the clashes of the season when wonder mare Quevega, who has won the last three runnings, is set to meet the eight-time Grade One scorer Solwhit.

Charles Byrnes' charge followed up a victory in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham with an impressive success in the John Smith's Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree on Saturday. Another likely starter at Punchestown is the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Holywell, who finished runner-up at Aintree.

A strong contingent from Britain also includes the Paul Nicholls-trained Celestial Halo, who was second to Solwhit at Cheltenham, the David Pipe-trained Grands Crus, Reve De Sivola from Nick Williams' stable, Captain Sunshine (Emma Lavelle), Medinas (Alan King) and Menorah (Philip Hobbs).

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Solwhit Thread http://www.fatjockey.com/forum/showt...olwhit-is-back

and Quevegas http://www.fatjockey.com/forum/showt...eltFest-winner