Paul Ferguson has a strong fancy for Newbury’s showpiece event

Jonbon Things happen for a reason they say. Clonmel was abandoned on Thursday January 12, meaning that GAELIC WARRIOR missed an intended engagement, thus making it a little more likely that he will travel to England to contest Newbury’s Betfair Hurdle (February 11). Willie Mullins’ five-year-old was the subject of a huge gamble at last year’s Cheltenham Festival, when he was just touched off by Brazil in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. Despite being beaten over the Festive period, the...