YESTERDAY’S HEROES
Graham Buddry looks back at the career of the great Irish hurdler

Graham Buddry
There is no doubt that a lot of Irish Grade 1 events are far removed from the class they are meant to be. Often beset with very small fields dominated by just one decent runner or the same small fields choked with most runners lining up for only one trainer or owner. Unfortunately, in a lot of cases this makes a mockery of form lines and can blow very average performers up into something they clearly are not.
There is, however, one supremely outstanding exception that defied the nay-saye...