Dysart Dynamo the main hope as visitors bid for another novice hurdle lockout

Dysart Dynamo and Paul Townend wins the Sky Bet Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) Punchestown Racecourse.Photo: Patrick McCann/Racing Post16.01.2022

Dysart Dynamo: impressed when winning at Punchestown earlier this monthCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)

It was in the Grade 1 novice and four-year-old only hurdles where Ireland were most dominant at last year's Cheltenham Festival, responsible for the 1-2 in the Supreme and Ballymore as well as the 1-3-4 in both the Triumph and Albert Bartlett.

Against that backdrop, it was inevitable the visiting team would be deeply represented again with high-class youngsters in this year's entries.

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Mark BoylanReporter

Published on 25 January 2022inBritain

Last updated 20:04, 25 January 2022

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