2016 Supreme Novices

[mayo]

HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER RTF% JOCKEY OR TS RPR
1 61111 Altior80 6 11-7 Nicky Henderson57 Nico de Boinville 155 145 161
3 124-11 Buveur DŽAir46 5 11-7 Nicky Henderson57 Noel Fehily 154 121 155
6 43-11 Min66 5 11-7 W P Mullins78 R Walsh 153 130 159
2 11113 Bellshill38 6 11-7 W P Mullins78 148 124 154
4 41221 Charbel37t 5 11-7 Kim Bailey38 David Bass 147 130 154
13 1-1122 Tombstone38 6 11-7 Gordon Elliott36 B J Cooper 147 89 158
9 1113 Penglai Pavilion123 6 11-7 John Ferguson Aidan Coleman 146 110 153
10 1-1134 Petit Mouchoir38h 5 11-7 W P Mullins78 144 109 149
5 26111 Holly Bush Henry55t 5 11-7 Graeme McPherson25 Kielan Woods 142 137 146
8 1-212 North Hill Harvey33 5 11-7 Dan Skelton58 Harry Skelton 140 118 149
12 16-931 Supasundae79 6 11-7 Henry De Bromhead J J Burke 140 114 140
14 2-2121 William H Bonney27 5 11-7 Alan King38 Wayne Hutchinson 136 111 138
7 311-11 Mister Miyagi110 7 11-7 Dan Skelton58 Ian Popham 135 106 133
11 224-2 Silver Concorde79 8 11-7 D K Weld Davy Russell 135 48 127

[mayo]

Nicky

I was very bullish last week about Altior although tend to get slightly un-bullish towards the end, but he’s in great order and so is Buveur D’Air. It won’t be good ground, although, as I say, it’s in great nick and is probably the best we’ve seen all year but it will still ride slow, which may not help Altior but will play to the strengths of Buveur. We’ve had millions of our runners finished placed in this race, including My Tent Or Yours and Sprinter Sacre, so it’s a race we really need to win! There are plenty of comparisons between them all and Altior would be right up there with the best. Their similarities are simple –Talent!

Min (15/8) is the favourite but Charbel (25/1) will make all the running and to be perfectly honest with you I think Kim Bailey’s runner has got an excellent chance. It was a very good race he won at Musselburgh and he’s a very talented horse and it’s just possible he could show his best form going this way round. At 25/1 with Stan James I think he is a very lively outsider!

[mayo]

Ruby

M is for Min:

The talking horse, for so many people. He has been on people’s lips since last May, and tomorrow is the time for all the talk to stop and the galloping to start. I hope he’s as good as has been said, but all I can say is that he has impressed me in his two runs for us, and he has a very good chance in a hot renewal of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

[gjt7756]

Anyone else baffled as to why Bellshill turns up here, after the last flop willie and ruby both suggested a step up in trip, i know they now have yorkhill for the neptune but personally i would have preferred two bullets at yanworth rather than one against min

[Thomas Shelby]

Anyone think Charbel has decent EW claims?

[mayo]

Anyone else baffled as to why Bellshill turns up here, after the last flop willie and ruby both suggested a step up in trip, i know they now have yorkhill for the neptune but personally i would have preferred two bullets at yanworth rather than one against min

Presume up for Review goes to bertie bartlett so wanted one in each

[benkneale03]

Anyone think Charbel has decent EW claims?

Me. On fresh, dead ground is may be set up for front runners with a big bias. I'm sure this began to happen a few years ago but can't remember which festival but it did seem quite informative.

Charbel is under rated here for lesser connections and 25/1 has seemed massive for me. Are those quotes above from Henderson? If so, it's very interesting as we're guessing at how good Brain Power is but he must be useful if NH has chosen to comment on Charbel's chances here.

That said, my Charbel hopes rest more on the back of his yanworth form. That thing could well be a proper superstar as King isn't the type to throw quotes around such as ''maybe the best i've ever trained'' etc. It could be that you could be firmly put in your place by that one but still be competitive in a supreme and you have to factor in how well yanworth goes on soft against how better charbel looked on better so it could have been half a race if conditions were different when they met!