A SEASON-ENDING injury to Big Buck's has led to a record number of entries for the £275,000 Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
The three-mile race on Thursday, March 14 is wide open in the absence of four-time winner Big Buck's, which goes a long way to explaining the unprecedented 61 entries this year.
Ladbrokes World Hurdle entries: Aaim To Prosper, American Spin, Any Given Day, Attaglance, Avoca Promise, Back In Focus, Bear's Affair, Bensalem, Bergo, Bog Warrior, Cape Tribulation, Celestial Halo, Champion Court, Cloudy Spirit, Coneygree, Crack Away Jack, Cross Kennon, Duke Of Lucca, Dynaste, Fair Along, Fiveforthree, General Miller, Get Me Out Of Here, Golden Chieftain, Grands Crus, Hollow Tree, Kauto Stone, Kentford Grey Lady, Lovcen, Make Your Mark, Marasonnien, Midnight Game, Minella Class, Monksland, Mossley, Oscar Whisky, Oscara Dara, Peddlers Cross, Prince De Beauchene, Prospect Wells, Quevega, Red Not Blue, Reve De Sivola, Rite Of Passage, Riverside Theatre, Roberto Goldback, Sadler's risk, Smad Place, Snap Tie, So Young, Solix, Solwhit, Thousand Stars, Tidal Bay, Trustan Times, Walkon, Whatuthink, Whispering Gallery, Won In The Dark, Wonderful Charm, Zaidpour.
The three-mile race on Thursday, March 14 is wide open in the absence of four-time winner Big Buck's, which goes a long way to explaining the unprecedented 61 entries this year.
Ladbrokes World Hurdle entries: Aaim To Prosper, American Spin, Any Given Day, Attaglance, Avoca Promise, Back In Focus, Bear's Affair, Bensalem, Bergo, Bog Warrior, Cape Tribulation, Celestial Halo, Champion Court, Cloudy Spirit, Coneygree, Crack Away Jack, Cross Kennon, Duke Of Lucca, Dynaste, Fair Along, Fiveforthree, General Miller, Get Me Out Of Here, Golden Chieftain, Grands Crus, Hollow Tree, Kauto Stone, Kentford Grey Lady, Lovcen, Make Your Mark, Marasonnien, Midnight Game, Minella Class, Monksland, Mossley, Oscar Whisky, Oscara Dara, Peddlers Cross, Prince De Beauchene, Prospect Wells, Quevega, Red Not Blue, Reve De Sivola, Rite Of Passage, Riverside Theatre, Roberto Goldback, Sadler's risk, Smad Place, Snap Tie, So Young, Solix, Solwhit, Thousand Stars, Tidal Bay, Trustan Times, Walkon, Whatuthink, Whispering Gallery, Won In The Dark, Wonderful Charm, Zaidpour.