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It’s a question that will never be asked but would be interesting to hear Gordon’s thoughts on where he thought sir Gerhards best trip would be.
I’d be shooting from the hip here but I’d say a majority of good bumper horses would tend to be more suited to a mid trip the next season over hurdles but there are plenty that would be fine, or even excel, at 2. I had originally thought Sir G supreme, but that was based mostly on the assumption of kilcruit Ballymore, and I did actually back sir g for this race prior to the Mullins yard tour.
In Sir Gerhards favour, is Mullins record with former pointers in the race (both his winners since 2010 were and 2 that placed from 9 runners - that’s a very strong 22.22% win and 44.44% place rate compared to an overall win & place rate of 7.69% & 38.46% for the same period).
another positive for Sir G & Kilcruit, as well as Dysart Dynamo, while not pertaining specifically to the champion bumper or any other single race, is his record with horses that had previously ran in at least one NHF race, these having 2 wins and 6 places from 16 runners - a 12.5% win and 50% place rate. Horses that never ran in an NHF race are 2 places from 10 runners.
for overall winners Sir G would be again the most favoured by stats, with 8 of the last 12 being former pointers, and 12/12 had won at least one bumper prior to the race. Contrast this with the Supreme for example, where only 4/12 were former pointers, and 8/12 being bumper winners previously - Mullins accounting for 3 of the 4 that weren’t.
I’d be shooting from the hip here but I’d say a majority of good bumper horses would tend to be more suited to a mid trip the next season over hurdles but there are plenty that would be fine, or even excel, at 2. I had originally thought Sir G supreme, but that was based mostly on the assumption of kilcruit Ballymore, and I did actually back sir g for this race prior to the Mullins yard tour.
In Sir Gerhards favour, is Mullins record with former pointers in the race (both his winners since 2010 were and 2 that placed from 9 runners - that’s a very strong 22.22% win and 44.44% place rate compared to an overall win & place rate of 7.69% & 38.46% for the same period).
another positive for Sir G & Kilcruit, as well as Dysart Dynamo, while not pertaining specifically to the champion bumper or any other single race, is his record with horses that had previously ran in at least one NHF race, these having 2 wins and 6 places from 16 runners - a 12.5% win and 50% place rate. Horses that never ran in an NHF race are 2 places from 10 runners.
for overall winners Sir G would be again the most favoured by stats, with 8 of the last 12 being former pointers, and 12/12 had won at least one bumper prior to the race. Contrast this with the Supreme for example, where only 4/12 were former pointers, and 8/12 being bumper winners previously - Mullins accounting for 3 of the 4 that weren’t.
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