Mullins dominates novice hurdles entries

Over 350 entries have been made for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle, JCB Triumph Hurdle and Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival with the Willie Mullins stable responsible for 64 of those.

Mullins has the favourite for three of the four Grade 1 novice hurdles at Cheltenham with Vautour (Supreme), Faugheen (Neptune) and Ivan Grozny (Triumph Hurdle) while Briar Hill is second favourite for the Albert Bartlett Hurdle behind the David Pipe-trained Kings Palace.

In total there are 104 entries for the Neptune, 102 for the Supreme, 81 for the Albert Bartlett and 65 for the Triumph Hurdle.