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Lobos out of interest where was your timeform novice hurdler list from?
This paragraph taken from an article from Sunday on sporting life suggests both salvator mundi and bleu de vassy are 148p.
Obviously this article could be incorrect.
Salvator Mundi v Bleu De Vassy
Future Champions Novice Hurdle, Leopardstown (December 27)
We didn't see a lot of the horse but Salvator Mundi’s name was mentioned in dispatches on numerous occasions throughout the last campaign and it’s one we’ll be hearing plenty about this year too, if the early Sky Bet Supreme odds are anything to go by anyway.
The Mullins-trained four-year-old is already clear favourite for the Festival opener and although that looks a bit fanciful based on his (62-length!) maiden hurdle win at Tipperary alone, you only have to glance at his juvenile form to see the distinct promise.
This is the horse who followed home Sir Gino at Auteuil in April 2023 - prompting Joe and Marie Donnelly to buy the pair of them - and his only run for Mullins prior to the maiden stroll in May saw him finish sixth behind Majborough in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.
So he was thrown in at the deep end last term and may well face the same baptism this time around, but he’s effectively a second-season novice and could obviously be one of the highest calibre.
Gordon Elliott’s Bleu De Vassy was no superstar in bumpers but he’s gone about his business in taking fashion at Fairyhouse and Navan this autumn and can already match Salvator Mundi’s 148p Timeform rating, with the promise of plenty more to come. Underestimate this one at your peril.
Lobos list is the Master rating.
The ratings I think that article refers to are the adjusted ratings (weights and ages etc) for that particular race.
Not certain how they adjust them for a grade one novice hurdle but they do.
These entries provide a little insight into Mullin's pecking order. Those entered for a maiden at Limerick but not at Leopardstown on 26th are surely not Willie's best, in his mind at least. He'd want Paul to be riding his better ones on a (probably) nicer surface at Leopardstown surely.
These entries provide a little insight into Mullin's pecking order. Those entered for a maiden at Limerick but not at Leopardstown on 26th are surely not Willie's best, in his mind at least. He'd want Paul to be riding his better ones on a (probably) nicer surface at Leopardstown surely.
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