{"id":302750,"date":"2023-12-17T23:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T23:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302750"},"modified":"2023-12-17T23:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T23:27:02","slug":"willie-mullins-duo-prepare-for-fascinating-festive-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/horse-racing\/willie-mullins-duo-prepare-for-fascinating-festive-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Mullins duo prepare for fascinating festive showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Willie Mullins duo Impaire Et Passe and State Man prepare for fascinating festive showdown as both make their claims to be Constitution Hill&#8217;s biggest rival in the Champions Hurdle<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Impaire Et Passe and stablemate State Man will go up against each other soon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Both are trained by Willie Mullins and will meet each other\u00a0at Leopardstown<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mullins is happy for both State Man and Impaire Et Passe to go head-to-head\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Impaire Et Passe is on course for a showdown with stablemate State Man at Christmas that will determine who is Constitution Hill\u2019s biggest threat in the Champions Hurdle.<\/p>\n<p>Impaire Et Passe would normally be considered an outstanding chance at Cheltenham in March.<\/p>\n<p>But a defeat on his reappearance in the Hatton\u2019s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse two weeks ago rather punctured the feeling around him and many now see State Man, whom Willie Mullins also trains, as the most credible challenger to Constitution Hill; Nicky Henderson\u2019s star will reappear in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n<p>The most fascinating clash of the festive period over the smallest obstacles, however, will come at Leopardstown three days later.<\/p>\n<p>Mullins is happy for both State Man, who started his season by winning the Morgianna Hurdle at Punchestown in November, and Impaire Et Passe go head to head in the Grade One contest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79065783-0-image-a-92_1702852983174.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Impaire Et Passe is on course for a showdown with a stablemate at Christmas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79065747-0-image-a-93_1702852988483.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>State Man will go up against his stablemate for a chance to stake their claim as Constitution Hill&#8217;s biggest threat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79065777-0-image-a-94_1702852991388.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Legendary trainer Willie Mullins is responsible for training both\u00a0Impaire Et Passe and State Man<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Bromley, racing manager to Impaire Et Passe\u2019s owners Issac Souede and Simon Munir, said: \u2018He\u2019s come out of his last race well and the plan is to run at Christmas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He\u00a0won\u2019t be taking on Constitution Hill, I can tell you that! It\u2019s most likely he\u2019ll go to the Matheson Hurdle.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12874963\/Willie-Mullins-duo-Impaire-Et-Passe-State-Man.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie Mullins duo Impaire Et Passe and State Man prepare for fascinating festive showdown as both make their claims to <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Willie Mullins duo prepare for fascinating festive showdown - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/horse-racing\/willie-mullins-duo-prepare-for-fascinating-festive-showdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Willie Mullins duo prepare for fascinating festive showdown - 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