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Two-time Champion Hurdle-winner Honeysuckle gives birth to first foal

Henry de Bromhead-trained horse won at Cheltenham in both 2021 and 2022

Honeysuckle has given birth to her first foal. Photograph: David Davies for the Jockey Club/PA Wire
Honeysuckle has given birth to her first foal. Photograph: David Davies for the Jockey Club/PA Wire
Sat Mar 30 2024 - 15:19

Dual Champion Hurdle winner Honeysuckle has given birth to her first foal, a filly by Walk In The Park.

The news was announced on social media by Peter Molony, racing manager to Honeysuckle’s owner, Kenny Alexander, who said: “It’s a girl! Honeysuckle has foaled a bay filly by @coolmorestud @grangestud Walk In The Park at 11:30 last night!! Mother & daughter reportedly doing well.”

Honeysuckle was trained by Henry de Bromhead to win 17 of her 19 races including the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2021 and 2022.

She met with the only defeats of her career at the beginning of the 2022-23 in the Hatton’s Grace and Irish Champion Hurdle but went out in a blaze of glory when winning the Mares’ Hurdle last March.

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Now 10, Honeysuckle is slated to visit Blue Bresil for her next covering, the sire of Constitution Hill.