Espoir D’Allen, trained by Gavin Cromwell and ridden by Mark Walsh, won the Champion Hurdle as dual winner Buveur D’Air was a faller early in the race
Espoir D’Allen was a surprising but emphatic winner of a drama-filled Champion Hurdle in which Buveur D’Air, winner for the last two years, was an early faller. The outcome is a breakthrough first Festival success for the County Meath-based Gavin Cromwell, a blacksmith by trade whose sideline in training has gradually taken over his life.
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