Only 14 of the initial 23 early closing entries for the Unibet Champion Hurdle remain in the 2022 Cheltenham Festival opening day feature race. The one they all have to beat whether trained in Britain or the Emerald Isle, though, is Honeysuckle. She has been at the head of the Champion Hurdle odds ever since winning last year’s renewal.
According to the Betfred ante post market, which is now Non Runner No Bet, the main danger to Henry De Bromhead’s wonder-mare Honeysuckle (8/15 from 8/13) is as yet unraced horse this from the Willie Mullins stable.