Brighterdaysahead beats last season's Champion Hurdle winner State Man by over 30 lengths on the final day of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival.
British jump racing ends 2024 on a high and with a lot to look forward to in 2025, so much so that it might be pertinent to, at the very least, wonder if the green tide which has swept over the Cheltenham Festival these past 10 years is finally beginning to go out.
Freehold Raceway was shut down with the conclusion of the program of harness racing on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.
Willie Mullins might have gone into this weekend with just three winners to show for 47 runners over Christmas and a stable considered out of form, but he retrieved something from the festive period when Galopin Des Champs, the two-time Gold Cup winner, ran out an impressive winner of the Savills Chase at Leopardstown, a track he likes even more than Cheltenham, on Saturday.
