There has been an influx of ante-post bets on Laurina today as WIllie Mullins claimed that she will be aimed at the 2019 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.
Mullins said: "She has come back in really good shape. I think she’ll stay hurdling. As far as we are concerned, she could be anything. She is unbeaten for us and everything is open to her. I think we’ll train her and campaign her with a view to the Champion Hurdle.
"She’ll need to improve to get to that level, but she’ll have the mares' allowance in her favour and it wouldn’t surprise me if she did."
61.5% of all bets on the market today have been on the five-year-old, who won the Mares' Novice Hurdle in emphatic fashion earlier this year, by 18 lengths.
The 14/1 available about the mare this morning was quickly snapped up and she now sits as short as 10/1 in most places, but 12/1 is still on offer with a few firms.
She still sits behind the likes of the talented Buveur Dair (7/2), Samcro (4/1) and Melon (8/1) in the market.
Surge in bets on Laurina for Champion Hurdle following Mullins' comments
The mare is as short as 10/1 for the 2019 Champion Hurdle.
There has been an influx of ante-post bets on Laurina today as WIllie Mullins claimed that she will be aimed at the 2019 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.
Mullins said: "She has come back in really good shape. I think she’ll stay hurdling. As far as we are concerned, she could be anything. She is unbeaten for us and everything is open to her. I think we’ll train her and campaign her with a view to the Champion Hurdle.
"She’ll need to improve to get to that level, but she’ll have the mares' allowance in her favour and it wouldn’t surprise me if she did."
61.5% of all bets on the market today have been on the five-year-old, who won the Mares' Novice Hurdle in emphatic fashion earlier this year, by 18 lengths.
The 14/1 available about the mare this morning was quickly snapped up and she now sits as short as 10/1 in most places, but 12/1 is still on offer with a few firms.
She still sits behind the likes of the talented Buveur Dair (7/2), Samcro (4/1) and Melon (8/1) in the market.
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