Hurricane Flys longevity was fantastic but just based on ability in there primes, I think the pair would be neck and neck.
State Man’s performance in last year’s Champion Hurdle before falling was better than anything The Fly could ever muster up at the track.
Hurricane was also the apple of Willie’s eye. He’s always had his favourites and none more so than HF.
He protected the horse in his later years by continuously keeping his young stars away from him. The horse has a few more G1s than he should have due to this.
Un De Sceaux should’ve been in the Cheltenham and Punchestown Champion Hurdles in 2014 but Willie didn’t want any of his own to stand in the way of a possible 3rd Champion Hurdle.
Faugheen should’ve been winning all the main races in Ireland in 14/15 but again Willie kept him away.
That wasn’t fair to Ricci or Faugheen as he was clearly the better horse then so should’ve been in the top Irish G1s.
Faugheen just before his injury in 2016 beats any version of Hurricane Fly imo.