Elliott opts for headgear as Teahupoo goes in search of Punchestown hat-trick

Gordon Elliott reaches for blinkers to aid Teahupoo’s hat-trick bid in the Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown on Thursday. The nine-year-old has registered emphatic victories in the Grade One contest in each of the past two seasons, but returns to County Kildare on something of a recov