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TWO FORMER CHAMPIONS, TWO IRISH RACING ROYALTY TO COMPETE IN NASHVILLE’S IROQUOIS

Photo:  David Millins and Nicholas Canyon in the StanJames.com Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown.  RTS Sports/Racing

75th Anniversary Event Raises Stakes with International Brown Advisory Cheltenham Challenge

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two Euro racing legends are leading the UK contingency currently en route to Nashville with contenders in pursuit of the first leg of the million-dollar Brown Advisory Iroquois Cheltenham Challenge. A horse who places first in both the Iroquois in Nashville this Saturday, May 14 and the Ryanair World Hurdle at Cheltenham Racecourse in England next March would win approximately $1 million, including the $500,000 Challenge bonus.