The evidence of Peter Molony’s eyes means Honeysuckle carries Kenny Alexander’s colours in Tuesday’s Unibet Champion Hurdle.
Racing’s ‘poster mare’ is owned by the Scottish businessman who employs Molony as his racing manager.
It was in that role that the Irishman examined Honeysuckle’s pedigree after she’d won a point to point in 2018. He didn’t like what he saw on paper.
“When she was initially put up to me I took a look at the pedigree and I had no interest I must admit. I didn’t think her pedigree was good enough, both sides to be honest,” Molony says of the British bred daughter of Sulamani out of a …

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