: RACING: RAIN MAN NICKY.Backers of ante post favourite Irish Hussar hussar Member of a European light-cavalry unit used for scouting, modeled on the 15th-century Hungarian light-horse corps. The brilliantly coloured Hungarian hussar's uniform was imitated in other European armies; it consisted of a busby (high cylindrical cloth cap), a can look forward to more rain before today's Hennessy CognacGold Cup gets underway. Nicky Henderson's seven-year-old was only given the go ahead earlier in the week when the ground softened and more rain is expected at Newbury ahead of the Grade Three race. The predicted rain heightened anticipation in the Henderson camp as the trainer hopes to strike lucky on a Saturday for the third week running after wins with Fondmort in the Paddy Power Gold Cup The Paddy Power Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 2 miles 4½ furlongs (4,124 metres) on the Old Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in mid November. and Iris Royal in the First National Bank Gold Cup. |
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