Talking Horses: they’re off and it’s Sierra Nevada from Sierra Nevada …


For the first time since 1994 in the UK or Ireland, two horses with the same name are running in the same race

Punters fancying a flutter at Gowran Park on Sunday will have to have their wits about them as for the first time since 1994 in the UK or Ireland two horses with the same name are running in the same race.

Sierra Nevada (No 5) and Sierra Nevada (No 15) will set off in the 4.50pm contest at the Co Kilkenny track and the commentator is also likely to face a tricky time as almost inevitably the horses have been drawn out of the hat virtually next to each other in stalls one and three.

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