LEADER AIMS TO BUCK TREND
Daily Mirror UK
|December 16, 2025
OLLY MURPHY yesterday played down expectations that top stayer Strong Leader could atone for last year's defeat by producing a winning performance in the Grade 1 Howden Long Walk Hurdle.
ASCOT BOUND Strong Leader
Murphy's stable star ran abysmally 12 months ago to finish 75 lengths last behind Crambo having gone off the 11-8 favourite at Ascot, but is 7-2 second favourite with William Hill to turn the tables on Long Distance Hurdle conqueror Impose Toi this weekend.
This story is from the December 16, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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