MATT CHAPMAN has referred to as for the tip of the ‘unfair’ weight allowance Honeysuckle will get subsequent week.

Sun Racing columnist and ITV pundit Chappers says Henry De Bromhead’s mare ought to be racing off the identical weight because the boys in subsequent week’s Champion Hurdle.

Rachael Blackmore and Honeysuckle starred in last year's Champion Hurdle
Rachael Blackmore and Honeysuckle starred in final 12 months’s Champion HurdleCredit: Marc Aspland – The Times

Honeysuckle has taken full benefit of the whopping 7lb she is given when racing in opposition to the lads.

She simply received final 12 months’s Champion Hurdle and final day trip romped dwelling within the Irish Champion.

In all Henry De Bromhead’s eight-year-old has received 14 races on the trot however solely FOUR have come when racing off the identical weight as her rivals.

Chapman, internet hosting Monday’s unique Sun Racing Cheltenham Festival Preview Night alongside Richard Johnson, Bryony Frost, Kim Bailey and Harry Findlay, mentioned: “The 7lb she will get from the boys ought to finish.

“A race just like the Champion Hurdle ought to be a stage enjoying subject for each horse. Let’s finish the inequality.

“This weight allowance ruins it and tilts it so much in favour of Honeysuckle.”

Chapman shouldn’t be satisfied Honeysuckle is the famous person she is made out to be.

He mentioned: “Tell me who she has overwhelmed? She has but to face a top-notch hurdler.

“I fancy Appreciate It to give her a right old race next week. It’s just a shame he has to give her 7lb as well.”

Chapman additionally informed a bumper crowd at Sun HQ: “If you want a winner next week then make sure you back Rich Ricci’s Gaelic Warrior. He’s an absolute good thing!”

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