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CHELTENHAM NOTEBOOK: Honeysuckle's fairytale ending 'should be Netflix series', Faivoir thrills Princess Royal and Mary Berry but actor James Nesbitt is out of luck 

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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

Honeysuckle’s glorious victory in the Mares’ Hurdle tugged at the heartstrings

‘Netflix should make the series!’ said Alexander.

‘It was a

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