Favourite binocular pulled out of champion Hurdle
Binocular, 7-2 favourite to retain the crown he won 12 months ago, has been pulled out of the Champion Hurdle, the top race on Tuesday's opening day of the Cheltenham jump racing festival.
Sublimity shot to prominence when beating previous winners Brave Inca and Hardy Eustace in the 2007 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, when trained by John Carr.