The Supreme Novices' Hurdle often produces winners who continue to shine at the Festival in future years. It  is one of the most eagerly anticipated races of the entire season, though not a great race for favourites. Only 3 have won in the last 16 renewals, that said, only a couple of those have started longer than 12/1. 

Willie Mullins has won this race 7 times, Nicky Henderson 4 and Noel Meade twice. Handling ground conditions with the ability to act in large fields is key. This race is regularly won by a stayer but one who can race close to the pace - they rarely come from way back. 

Cheltenham Festival 2022 (Home Page)

Recurrence Factor

Our numbers are very strong for this race! The top 18 trends have a recurrence factor of 305-317 for a massive 96.21%

The Racing Horse Verdict

1: CONSTITUTIONAL HILL 9/4 (2pts win)  2: Jonbon 9/2 (½pt win)  3: Dysart Dynamo 11/4

The Supreme Novices’ is the plan and both he and Jonbon have been very good, and they are like chalk and cheese. Constitution Hill would stand there all day and would just lie down for you and that’s the way he just behaves through life. They both worked on Saturday, and they have not worked with each other and will not work with each other. They would both get two and a half and it would ruin the party if we worked them together. I don’t want them ripping up trees and having dust ups here as they would do too much. They are very, very good. With Constitution Hill, nothing will worry him, and he is very straightforward. They are both good rides in the race - Jonbon can be a bit keen in the race sometimes but there is no danger of Constitution Hill being too keen. Nico will ride Constitution Hill and Aidan will ride Jonbon. If we had run him again nobody was going to take him on and there wasn’t anywhere else to go where you were going to get more than four or five runners in which case, he would just be doing the same thing. They were both excellent this Saturday and they will work this Saturday and the following Saturday and that will be about it. Constitution Hill is very laid back and will probably want to do more work than Jonbon, but Jonbon has had that extra run at Haydock, and you wouldn’t want to wind him up. They will jump a hurdle at one stage - we will let them jump four hurdles, but we will probably do that the week before. You would like to think they are in the Altior/Shishkin kind of league and all you do is read what there is on the other side of the pond - you would like to think this wind could keep up and they don’t get here. Willie has a couple and there is going to be plenty of opposition but it’s the best race to win on the whole card as if you get one on the board it takes the pressure off -Nicky Henderson

Our information and betting advice is for educational purposes only. Please exercise caution when acting upon our advice and remember that gambling carries risk. No liability is taken by the site or product owner following any of the information given or sold to you. Betting always involves a level of risk and you should never bet more than you can afford to lose.