Former Cheltenham Festival winner Briar Hill heads over fences for first time

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Briar Hill, winner of the 2013 Weatherbys Champion Bumper and a smart performer over hurdles until suffering a bad injury at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival, starts off over fences in this event on his first appearance since January.

The Willie Mullins-trained eight-year-old broke his cheekBone when he fell in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle two years ago and has not won since landing a Grade 2 novice hurdle at Naas in January 2014.

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Tony O'HehirRacing Post Reporter

Published on 25 July 2016inGrand National festival

Last updated 18:50, 25 July 2016

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