2022 Ballymore Novices Hurdle

[Lobos]

You think Dysart Dynamo comes here or the supreme?

Supreme for me. Irish bookies are going shortest about him for the opener and longest about the Ballymore and he's the shortest of the Mullins hopefuls currently in the Supreme after Kilcruit blowing out.

[CJW]

DD ballymore for me.

[Benjy23]

Never really know with Mullins until the weekend before the festival do you... But so many of his haven't been out yet this year it's even harder than usual to guess where they're going. All depends what happens with the rest of his novice hurdles before the festival imo. If Kil and SG both end up ballymore for instance then it's likely DD would stick to Supreme...

[DenmanSacre]

DD here for me unless he bombs in the Lawlors.

[DeeBee]

A tasty 2m4f maiden hurdle: Journey With Me will run as long as the ground is safe: he has landed a point and bumper with the minimum of fuss and this race does represent his stiffest task to date. A powerful galloper, he will be ridden prominently, and by the second last if the opposition are at close quarters, we will learn if he can dig in and respond if challenged. He is a three miler of the Denman mould, one capable of drawing the sting out of his rivals once he gets into a grinding rhythm. It is important to have Rachael in the plate for his hurdles debut and the decision to saddle him up here rather than wait for a 2m6f or 3 miler over Christmas was down to jockey availability plus uncertainty regarding weather.
There are at least three decent opponents in this race who will develop into 130+ jumpers: Fantasio D’alene is a second season novice and possesses smart hurdles form: he split Vanillier and Stattler at Naas last November in a hot maiden hurdle: he fell here recently on his seasonal reappearance and if none the worse for that tumble he rates the benchmark.
Minella Cocooner was detailed in the dossier and ran a fair second at Cork on his hurdles debut 34 days ago: bound to strip fitter and his performance in this race will be a fair guide to the range of his ability.
Mr Saxobeat(another dossier ex-pointer) recorded a smooth bumper win at Galway in July: I will stick to my conclusion in the essay that he might prefer summer racing on proper good ground.
Monk Street and 185k store Stone Mad are others to eyeball for the future.
Down the line, the 3-mile novice Grade 2 hurdle at Clonmel in February looks tailormade for Journey With Me irrespective of outcome this time.

So pretty much no chance he comes here then! Great to get such a detailed update.. makes a nice change. All roads lead to the AB!

[Saxon Warrior]

DD here for me unless he bombs in the Lawlors.

Exactly this.

[jack1092]

Supreme for me. Irish bookies are going shortest about him for the opener and longest about the Ballymore and he's the shortest of the Mullins hopefuls currently in the Supreme after Kilcruit blowing out.

He'd need to miss the Lawlors or run badly looking like he didn't stay IMO.

[callhimgamblor]

..... Because I have a hell of a Trixie on if he is here... https://callhimgamblor.tumblr.com/po...09625073713152

[Lobos]

Another point to remember re where these horses will ultimately end up is the going. Should we get a very wet Spring and a Soft festival then that could mean horses stepping down in trip. Expect the majority of them to have multiple entries .

[Atlantic Viking]

Couple of interesting tweets from JWM's owner (aka the Robcour bloke!)

https://twitter.com/BrianAcheson/status/1471950103720116231

[Lobos]

He sounds well frustrated. Leave the poor guy alone from this point on I say ! Doesn't sound as though we'll see JWM tomorrow though.

[OscarWhisky]

..... Because I have a hell of a Trixie on if he is here... https://callhimgamblor.tumblr.com/po...09625073713152

I don’t expect your account to last long Gambler ole boy.

[FinalFurlong91]

Couple of interesting tweets from JWM's owner (aka the Robcour bloke!)

https://twitter.com/BrianAcheson/sta...50103720116231

Its yielding ground

What horse welfare issues are there on yielding ground?

[ComplyOrDie]

Down the line, the 3-mile novice Grade 2 hurdle at Clonmel in February looks tailormade for Journey With Me irrespective of outcome this time.

This tells me plenty. When did Bob go for a 3m race before Cheltenham?

JWM clearly expected to be a Bartlett type. Not the first time connections have noted this either.

[Lobos]

This tells me plenty. When did Bob go for a 3m race before Cheltenham?

JWM clearly expected to be a Bartlett type. Not the first time connections have noted this either.

You'd think so wouldn't you. Time to top up on the Potato race. Win well today and he's likely to go fav for Ballymore and maybe 2nd fav for Albert ?