Wondermare Honeysuckle took her unbeaten run to a formidable 14 with victory in the Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown under Rachael Blackmore. Now, the English version at Cheltenham is very much in her sights on March 15.

Henry de Bromhead's marvellous mare surged away from her four rivals under Rachael Blackmore after jumping the second-last flight to secure her 10th Grade 1 victory by six and half lengths.

It was a simple Chelteham prep-run for the eight-year-old, who will defend her Champion Hurdle crown at Prestbury Park next month.
Heaven Help Us pushed the envelope early on, with Zanahiyr, who made a bad mistake at the first hurdle, close up in second place.
But the race was waiting for Blackmore to make her move on Honeysuckle and she did so after jumping the third-last.
The 1-5 shot moved confidently into the lead and engaged Honeysuckle's gears to win with no sense of bother.
Honeysuckle went on to score by six and a half lengths from Zanahiyr, with Echoes In Rain plugging on for third place.
De Bromhead said: "Brilliant, it's absolutely brilliant. They were great again, the pair of them. I'm delighted.
"She looked great, jumped well I thought throughout - maybe went a little bit left at one of them - but winged the second-last and took off again.
"It felt a long straight after the last, but she was brilliant and we're delighted.
"It was great, aren't we lucky to have her?
"Just the atmosphere here today has been amazing."
He added: "Every second person you meet says my daughter or son is a massive fan of Rachael and Honeysuckle. It's incredible, it's a dream for us to be involved and we feel very lucky.
"It's just great having everyone (crowd) back and isn't it great she was able to do it on the day.
"We did a lot when there were no crowds around so it's brilliant to see the crowd appreciating her and giving her and Rachael the reception they got."
The De Bromhead yard has taken a while to come to hand, going into Cheltenham, so there was also an element of relief involved for the Waterford trainer.
"A lot of the horses have been struggling and I think it's fair comment to say that," De Bromhead said.
"Some of the horses have had different individual reasons for why they haven't been running well, but it can get very frustrating when you get a run like this.
"Maybe I'm missing something. I wouldn't like to sound (like) I'm in denial. We test everything constantly. It feels like we're gradually, very slowly turning the corner so fingers crossed we are."