Alpha Des Obeaux worth chancing against hotpot

Take a chance on Mouse Morris’ Alpha Des Obeaux turning over Willie Mullins’ hot pot, Douvan, in the Grade 2 sportinglife.com Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.

Douvan has been very much a talking horse since slamming subsequent winner, Sizing John, by 12 lengths on his Irish debut at Gowran Park and is currently favourite for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.

But two of Mullins’ top novices, Shaneshill and Tell Us More, have been beaten of late and, perhaps, lightning will strike for a third time.