Irish Champion Hurdle the feature at Leopardstown this afternoon

One of the most anticipated clashes of the Dublin Racing Festival will see Willie Mullins� top mare Lossiemouth take on her own stable companion State Man in the Grade 1 Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown this afternoon.

State Man is seeking a third straight win in the race and he faces four rivals in all, with Lossiemouth, Winter Fog, Daddy Long Legs and Fils D�oudairies completing the five-runner field.

In all, there are four Grade One races on the card today, where action kicks off at twenty-to-one.