sport news CHELTENHAM NOTEBOOK: Honeysuckle fairytale 'should be Netflix series' but ... trends now
View
comments
No story tugged at the heartstrings more this week than Honeysuckle’s glorious victory in the Mares’ Hurdle.
Owner Kenny Alexander, whose filly Gala Marceau finished second in the Triumph Hurdle, had a wry smile when asked how he had spent the last few days.
‘Drinking and dancing,’ came the reply, with Alexander adding Honeysuckle’s bouncing demeanour since returning to Ireland was a little fresher than his own.
And what a special mare Honeysuckle has been.
Her last-gasp success, in her final race for trainer Henry de Bromhead, was so remarkable that it wouldn’t have looked out of place in a movie. And the idea that her story might end up on screen is not so far-fetched.
Honeysuckle’s glorious victory in the Mares’ Hurdle tugged at the heartstrings
‘Netflix should make the series!’ said Alexander.
‘It was a