2024 Novice Hurdlers

[Dandrew99]

First 100/1+ winner of the week on the board... buzzing!

What a start to the week.

JDR very disappointing... Hendo form is in the bin

[Always a Claimer]

Was just about to say Turners next year. HDB not drawn into an answer but looks a chaser. Dare I say it, might depend on where Ballyburn goes again?!

[That Horse]

When are the individual novice hurdle threads going up this year?

[ComplyOrDie]

Something a little bit different, but had a bit of time whilst on holiday last week and looked into the sires of the runners for the Supreme.

I only looked at the top 6 in the market, but Firefox comes out well on top, being by Walk In The Park.

Walk In The Park has produced Douvan, Min, Jonbon & Facile Vega. The other sires of the likely runners in the race haven't come close to this level.

Tullyhill will struggle if his sires record is anything to go by. For starters the majority are mid trip to staying types, the last Martaline to try the Supreme was the ill-fated Mighty Potter, he got pulled up. Willie said he thought Tullyhill was a stayer at the beginning of the season too.

Mystical Power is by Galileo, again a sire that generally produces his best progeny around the mid-trip, has won the Baring Bingham with Windsor Park. His last runner in the Supreme was High Definition last season, but he ended up 7th of 14, well beat by Marine Nationale. It's worth pointing out that Galileo has done well with juveniles over 2m, Brazil and Celestial Halo both winning at the festival over 2m.

Slade Steel, Jeriko Du Reponet & Mistergif are harder to judge, being by a fairly new sires in Telescope, Choeur Du Nord & Zarak, resepctively. Slade Steel has a speedy, mid-trip pedigree, and showed plenty of grit to win over 2m4f at Naas, if he's anything like his sire he may just prefer a bit of better ground too. Jeriko Du Reponet comes from a sire who won two of his three starts as a juvenile hurdler in France, but his two best progeny have produced their best efforts over fences and further, so far. Mistergif has Zarak as his sire, a seriously well bred flat horse over who performed best over 1m2f-1m4f, and a bit like Slade Steel, may prefer some better ground, despite hosing up on 'Heavy' on debut for Willie, maybe showing his own versatility.

My 1-2-3 based purely on sires alone:

1. Firefox
2. Slade Steel
3. Mistergif

I'm intrigued to see if this stands it's ground by this time tomorrow.


Edit: I completely forgot to mention, this is only relevant to the sires and not the dams of these animals, which can have a big impact as well. Some will also prefer the 'eye test' as opposed to even caring about breeding, which is absolutely fair enough.

1st & a 3rd for the sires.

Firefox keeping the Walk In The Park progeny solid enough and Slade Steel obviously winning the race.

Huge run from Mystical Power, despite major doubts on my part. Expect he'll go Champion Hurdle next season.

[FinalFurlong91]

Was just about to say Turners next year. HDB not drawn into an answer but looks a chaser. Dare I say it, might depend on where Ballyburn goes again?!

The way he pulls if he's a good jumper I'd imagine it'll be arkle

Especially if ballyburn is in the turners

[Irish Rugby]

The DRF form and Saxon's RPR list, top 3 make the places.

[Nwfb89]

Very happy with that was on at 16s after drf, but really questioning why I didn't do the double with ballyburn! Doh

[Nwfb89]

That must have been a nervous watch for the people who layed mistergif at 1000 , fair play to the lads on here who had the big prices got a good run for your money and looked in with shout at the last

[FinalFurlong91]

Very happy with that was on at 16s after drf, but really questioning why I didn't do the double with ballyburn! Doh

That 16s nrnb post DRF was truly a gift

When I saw him at the start coated in sweat thought he had no chance

Then the false start, then he pulled all the way round

Must have a big engine to get up the hill

And ballyburn might as well be 1/5 for tomorrow

[Hurricane fly]

Is there any news on why Croke Park hasn't been declared for the Albert?

[jrjr]

A bit surprised High Class Hero was declared for the Bartlett, been completely friendless all week on the exchange, had expected him to be a NR. Perhaps people knew Patrick was going to be jocked up! Happy to see Danny on Dancing City again.

[robith]

Oh my god what is that head carriage by Ballyburn??

[Brooksie]

Oh my god what is that head carriage by Ballyburn??

you been watching his races this season lol? if he wasnt eating grass on the way round I'd have been worried.

amazing performance, gold cup winner in waiting

[robith]

you been watching his races this season lol? if he wasnt eating grass on the way round I'd have been worried.

I'd never seen it that pronounced, it was like he was kneeling!

[Hurricane fly]

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