Retired champion hurdler State Man is to say a final goodbye to the Punchestown crowd with a lap of honour on Saturday 21 November, returning to the track where he was all but unbeatable. The Willie Mullins-trained nine-year-old will appear in the parade ring at around 1.50pm on the opening day of Punchestown's Premiere Weekend, shortly before the William Hill Morgiana Hurdle, a race he won in successive years. The two-day fixture concludes on the Sunday with the John Durkan