article_snippet: The cheer for an AP McCoy-ridden winner this week might be loud but the decibel level could be matched if a runner trained by Trainer Sandra Hughes reaches the winner
article_snippet: JLT Novices will also carry a wave of sentimental support from the Cheltenham crowd as Trainer Sandra Hughes took over the family stables close to the Curragh after Trainer Sandra Hughes father, Dessie, lost the Hughes-trained Lieutenant Colonel fight against cancer in November.
article_snippet: A Festival legend, Dessie’s eight wins as a jockey included the 1977 Gold Cup on Davy Lad and the 1979 Champion Hurdle on Monksfield.
article_snippet: A Festival legend, Dessie’s eight wins as a jockey included the 1977 Gold Cup on Davy Lad and the 1979 Champion Hurdle on Monksfield were matched by eight winners as a trainer, headed by the back-to-back Champion Hurdle victories of Hardy Eustace in 2004 and 2005.
article_snippet: Appropriately, the track have named the prize for this week’s top trainer in Dessie’s honour.
article_snippet: It is a tribute that the Trainer Sandra Hughes family appreciate but securing a winner with what Sandra refers to as ‘dad’s horses’ would be even more special.
article_snippet: With Sandra this week is Dessie’s widow, Eileen, and his son, Richard, the three-time Flat racing champion jockey who last week announced his will be setting up training in Britain next year.
article_snippet: Jockeys line up to observe a minute's silence at Cheltenham racecourse after the death of trainer Hughes .
highlights_snippet: Trainer Sandra Hughes looking to win at Cheltenham for father Dessie .
  
highlights_snippet: Trainer Sandra Hughes lost Trainer Sandra Hughes fight against cancer in 2014 .
  