Peddlers Cross books place in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle with Musselburgh success The 1-5 favourite was far from visually impressive when beating Cue To Cue by a length and three-quarters, but connections were heartened by the victory, his first since November 2011 "My first thought was that he could have been a little more impressive, but when I spoke to Jason [Maguire] he was full of him and he's the man that matters," Donald McCain, the trainer, said. Jason was happy with everything that we were worried about and he said his jumping was exceptional and he cannot understand why we ever tried him over fences. Peddlers Cross was a bit keen and Jason didn't want to set sail from the top of the straight, so he coasted away in front, but the horse has always been switched off in front. Henderson is also responsible for the Gold Cup favourite, Bobs Worth, who is among the 24 possibles left in the March 15 race. The 16 scratched horses included Flemenstar, Bold Sir Brian, Grands Crus, Hunt Ball and Sizing Europe. Hurricane Fly is one of 22 horses left in the Champion Hurdle and is a hot favourite to regain his title after an unbeaten season. He is one of three entries for Willie Mullins, along with Thousand Stars and Zaidpour. Zarkandar is the only possible runner for champion trainer Paul Nicholls, who won last year's race with Rock On Ruby.