Andrew Nelis racing

  Beveur Dair current champion Dual winner   heads to the festival  , knowing now two of Ireland’s finest mares in Laurina and Apples  have their sights set firmly on the current champion come  March .  Bevuir dair is rightly a true champion , having won the last  2 renewals , but the manner of which Apples jade destroying her rivals in the Irish champion Hurdle at the  weekend at leopardstown , has now left a real tasty match for all racing fans come day one of the festival . Initially after the win , in the Irish champion Hurdle , Elliot tweeted that she is going mares . But next day , Gordon Elliot Apples jades trainer , who had a talk with owner michael O Leary , said it would be mad not to give her  her chance. Now in the champion on the Tuesday . It’s like this IMO melon who she taken apart with such ease , given melon is a 170 rated horse , and came within a a whisker of the current champion last year , suggests very clear , that Apples jade rated 174 , with a mares allowan