• Trainer thought doughty hurdler was on way to defeat
• No More Heroes on course for Festival’s RSA with easy scoreIf championship races could be won with dogged determination alone,Nichols Canyon might well be favourite for the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. Instead, his steady companion Faugheen is odds-on to win the race for the moment season running, and but any backer who sides with Nichols Canyon on 15 March can be sure that,even whether he comes up short, he will go down swinging.
Nichols Canyon had just three rivals to beat in the Grade One Ryanair Hurdle here on Tuesday and started at 2-5 but even Willie Mullins, or his trainer,thought his chance had gone when he made a mistake two out and Identity Thief, the moment-favourite, or surged into the lead.
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Source: theguardian.com