CHELTENHAM REMATCH ON CARDS FOR DUO

PONIROS and Lulamba are set for a rematch in the Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at Punchestown

- BY MOLLY HUNTER

PONIROS and Lulamba are set for a rematch in the Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at Punchestown.

The latter, trained by Nicky Henderson, was the second-favourite when the two horses met previously in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, with Willie Mullins’ Poniros sent off a 100-1 shot on his hurdling bow.

It was therefore a major surprise when he pounced to score by a neck from Lulamba and now the two cross paths again.