ONE reason why we have quite a good handle on what Buveur d’Air achieved on the clock last Saturday is that there was a well-run novice hurdle at the same distance earlier on the Sandown card, won by Winston C with a timefigure of 133.
The leader in that race got to two out in an identical time to Buveur d’Air but thereafter dropped 1.9s (around 10 lengths) behind as the reigning champion hurdler turned on the heat.
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