A career-defining test for Honeysuckle - but has time finally caught up?

All good things come to an end. For Honeysuckle it came in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse in December when the dual Champion Hurdle heroine lost her unbeaten record.

Nine weeks on, the Henry de Bromhead-trained mare faces a potentially career-defining test as she bids to win a fourth Irish Champion Hurdle.

If she loses again, she will hardly be afforded the chance to join Hatton's Grace, Sir Ken, Persian War, See You Then and Istabraq as three-time Champion Hurdle winners, a task that has already taken on epic proportions with the emergence of Constitution Hill as a potential superstar.