The horse you can't wait to see this season is...

[Faugheen_Machine]

Overall Samcro.

Novice hurdler - commander of fleet
Novice chaser - Black op. Think he could be very smart. Wouldnt be surprised if he takes JLT rather than RSA route though.

Those are the 3 I had in my head KSS. Trixie?

[Leman14]

Really looking forward to seeing Next Destination this year.
Felt that he was in the wrong race at Cheltenham and could take some stopping over 3m and fences

(Having said that - I am just looking forward to the staying novice chase division as a whole! Next Destination, Santini, Kilbricken Storm, Topofthegame..... etc... etc...)

[ComplyOrDie]

I like tornado flyer however I have a hunch that once he's off the bridle he'll find it difficult to make up as much ground as he did at punchestown, with hurdles still infront of him. And although the race diddnt fall into his lap, it ran to suit. Iv taken blackbow/ carefully selected out of it with both having ptp backgrounds .

Id have blackbow as no1# . But carefully selected is an admirable horse. I personally think they were a really strong crop of bumper horses

Yeah so do I, but as per the past couple of seasons I really struggle to find a Cheltenham bumper horse that will make the grade over hurdles for the festival, obviously there have been a few, but given the overall total I think it's pretty weak as a collective. Hopefully this bunch are above average though.

Where does Hollowgraphic fit in?

Goes down the bumper route if legible?

[ComplyOrDie]

Really looking forward to seeing Next Destination this year.
Felt that he was in the wrong race at Cheltenham and could take some stopping over 3m and fences

(Having said that - I am just looking forward to the staying novice chase division as a whole! Next Destination, Santini, Kilbricken Storm, Topofthegame..... etc... etc...)

Mad to think you've mentioned staying division horses without one Gigginstown horse in it, they have a load and I think it is testament to how strong it is looking that at this moment in time that they do not have a horse prominent in the betting, if you deduct Samcro the list of course.

[KingSprinterSacre]

Those are the 3 I had in my head KSS. Trixie?

We surely couldnt be far away!

[archie]

Patrick rode Blackbow in every race which should tell you all you need to know about how they were thought of at home.

I wouldn't be in a hurry to back any of last season's bumper horses until they'd had a spin over hurdles or at least until they have an entry for a maiden hurdle. I'm not certain that they're all back in the yard yet but, hopefully, the stable tour will be informative.

I think that I'd be most interested in Douvan's entries because his path will likely have a bearing on the Festival target for a good number of other horses.

[robith]

I am super excited about seeing Black Op and Kalashnikov go over fences

[ComplyOrDie]

Patrick rode Blackbow in every race which should tell you all you need to know about how they were thought of at home.

I wouldn't be in a hurry to back any of last season's bumper horses until they'd had a spin over hurdles or at least until they have an entry for a maiden hurdle. I'm not certain that they're all back in the yard yet but, hopefully, the stable tour will be informative.

I think that I'd be most interested in Douvan's entries because his path will likely have a bearing on the Festival target for a good number of other horses.

The yard work around Douvan? Champion Chase, third time lucky, currently overpriced

[Kevloaf]

The yard work around Douvan? Champion Chase, third time lucky, currently overpriced

Douvan Ryanair then to guarantee him a penalty kick

[SAMCRO]

I may be wrong but I don't think mullins likes to run his best bumper horse in the champion bumper, over the last few years a injury has prevented them from running in it, faugheen, getabird and last year antepost favourite Hollowgraphic. I wouldn't be surprised if Hollowgraphic is his no 1 this year along with whatever he's bought that we haven't seen. 33-1 ballymore/Supreme is a huge price.

[Istabraq]

I may be wrong but I don't think mullins likes to run his best bumper horse in the champion bumper, over the last few years a injury has prevented them from running in it, faugheen, getabird and last year antepost favourite Hollowgraphic. I wouldn't be surprised if Hollowgraphic is his no 1 this year along with whatever he's bought that we haven't seen. 33-1 ballymore/Supreme is a huge price.

I think Mullins either doesn't know who his best bumper horse is or others show greater/unexpected improvement.

Relegate, Briar Hill and Champagne Fever have all won for the yard despite returning at bigger prices than other representatives, Briar Hill I seem to remember was a 20/1 Mullins/Ruby runner leaving 55,000 punters on course scratching their head as to how he was allowed to go off at that price....

[SAMCRO]

I think Mullins either doesn't know who his best bumper horse is or others show greater/unexpected improvement.

Relegate, Briar Hill and Champagne Fever have all won for the yard despite returning at bigger prices than other representatives, Briar Hill I seem to remember was a 20/1 Mullins/Ruby runner leaving 55,000 punters on course scratching their head as to how he was allowed to go off at that price....

I just think he likes to protect those ones that are possibly a little bit classier than the rest by not running them at Cheltenham in the bumper

[Istabraq]

I just think he likes to protect those ones that are possibly a little bit classier than the rest by not running them at Cheltenham in the bumper

That could very well be the case Samcro, but history tells us the second string aren’t too bad....

[archie]

I would absolutely, definitely, one hundred percent hold all bets until the stable tour.

[Hurricane fly]

I like tornado flyer however I have a hunch that once he's off the bridle he'll find it difficult to make up as much ground as he did at punchestown, with hurdles still infront of him. And although the race diddnt fall into his lap, it ran to suit. Iv taken blackbow/ carefully selected out of it with both having ptp backgrounds .

The one thing that caught my eye about Tornado Flyer was (to my memory)his price crumbled on the day of both Cheltenham and Punchestown which made me think he must be a favourite amongst the yard