Jumps Stable Tours HENRY DE BROMHEAD 2021–2022
Abbey Magic
Ten-year-old mare
Beneficial (sire) – Magical Theatre (dam)
Owner: Mrs D Halley
Form figures: 414239
Racing Post Rating: 146c 126h; Official rating: 145c 115h
She’s had a really good season already and won a competitive handicap chase at Galway’s summer festival. She wasn’t herself at Cork last time, so we’ve decided to back off her now and bring her back for something nice in the spring.
Star quality
A Plus Tard
7g Kapgarde – Turboka
Cheveley Park Stud
213/212
RPR 178c OR 172c
He has summered particularly well and seems to be in mighty form. For whatever reason he has to go left-handed, so that’s why we’ve been aiming him at the Betfair Chase next month. You would have to be delighted with the way he progressed when we stepped him up in trip last season and hopefully there is more to come. The plan is to go from Haydock on to Leopardstown at Christmas for the Savills Chase he won last year and then the Gold Cup. If himself and Minella Indo have to clash along the way, then so be it.
Annie G
5m Getaway – Its Only Gossip
Mr R Gallagher & Mrs H Gallagher
53-2114
RPR 131h OR 127h
She disappointed the other day at Tipperary but we’re still going to give her a go in the Graded mares’ novice hurdle at Down Royal later this week in the hope she returns to the form she showed when winning at Galway in the summer.
Aspire Tower
5g Born To Sea – Red Planet
Robcour
F2/124-8
RPR 161h OR 159h
He’s going to stay over hurdles this season, and the Matheson Hurdle at Leopardstown over Christmas will again be on his agenda. He was second in it last year. He ran a cracker in the Champion Hurdle and Robbie [Power] thought he might even have been second had he not lost his momentum with a mistake at the second-last.
Atlantic Fairy
7m Jeremy – Tylensy
Mark E Phelan
2/2116-
RPR 135h OR 129h
She’s going straight over fences and seems to have summered really well. We’ll find a mares’ beginners’ chase for her somewhere when there is a good ease in the ground.
Balko Des Flos
10g Balko – Royale Marie
RacehorseClub
764U2-0
RPR 138h 174c OR 136h 157c
He had a nice spin around and got to blow away the cobwebs at Galway on Saturday. There were a lot of things against him in that race so I wouldn’t read too much into it. It will bring him forward for the Cross Country Chase at Cheltenham next month. Rachael [Blackmore] said he was loving it last season when he came down in March. He still retains all of his old zip and enthusiasm at home anyway.
Ballyadam
6g Fame And Glory – Grass Tips
Cheveley Park Stud
14224-F
RPR 147h OR 148h
It was so frustrating to see him get as far only as the first at Punchestown as he had schooled really nicely prior to that. I was tempted to run him in a beginners’ chase at Wexford on Monday but it was just coming a bit too soon for him, so we’ll give him a few more weeks to recover.
Bold Enough
6g Jeremy – Shuil Milan
Mustafa Elatrash
3-11335
RPR 134h 144c OR 126h 138c
I was disappointed with him at Punchestown, that wasn’t his true form at all. We’re going to give him a break now and bring him back in the spring.
Star quality
Bob Olinger
6g Sholokhov – Zenaide
Robcour
11/2111-
RPR 163h OR 159h
He worked really nicely the other day, he’s in great nick. We’ve decided to send him over fences and his schooling has gone great. The plan is to find a beginners’ chase for him over the next few weeks, probably over two and a half miles, and take it from there. I’d imagine we will stick to two and a half miles, but we’ll play it by ear and see how he gets on. He didn’t put a foot wrong last season and you’d have to say he’s very exciting.
Brave Way
6m Jeremy – Black Mariah
Kenneth Alexander
1368-44
RPR 115c 126h OR 123h
I was disappointed by her at Thurles. She didn’t attack her fences at all there and she wasn’t moving great after the race either. We’ll see how she is in a couple of days and reassess things then.
Captain Guinness
6g Arakan – Presenting D’Azy
Declan Landy
P12F3-U
RPR 157c OR 152c
There’s a chase at Naas for second-season novices that he’s going to start back in. He ran well for a long way in the Arkle, where he bumped into Shishkin, and he’s come back in after the summer in great form.
Capuccimix
8g Al Namix – Capuccina
Robcour
6776-91
RPR 144c OR 137c
He got his act together and was really good at Killarney in July. We eased off him after that but the plan is to get him back out in the next few weeks.
Cavalry Master
7g Milan – Magie De Toulouse
Gigginstown House Stud
21-1119
RPR 127h 152c OR 124h 139c
He did very well on better ground through the summer, winning four in a row, but just struggled on a softer surface in the Munster National at Limerick last time. We’ll try to find a novice chase for him somewhere on decent ground over the next few weeks.
Champagne Gold
6g Presenting – Kon Tiky
Barry Maloney
21320-0
RPR 144h OR 138h
He’s been schooling well over fences and the plan is to find a beginners’ chase for him over the next few weeks. His form tailed off a bit at the end of last season but he ran a cracker at the Dublin Racing Festival in a hot handicap and I think you’ll see him step up again now he switches to fences.
Chris’s Dream
9g Mahler – Janebailey
Robcour
10/25PU-
RPR 167c OR 162c
We know he goes well fresh, so the plan is to head to Newbury at the end of November for the Ladbrokes Trophy. He’s done really well over the summer. He might end up back at Aintree come the spring; he seemed to take really well to the Grand National fences.
Commandingpresence
6g Kalanisi – Cooksgrove Lady
Mrs M J Wogan
1F50-
RPR 138h OR 132h
He’s been schooling nicely and we’ll be getting him out in a beginners’ chase over the next few weeks.
Dancing On My Own
7g Milan – Morning Supreme
Sean & Bernardine Mulryan
4P/416/1
RPR 138h 138c OR 136h
He hadn’t run for a long, long time, so it was great to see him winning his beginners’ chase so well at Killarney. I was delighted with the way he jumped. The two-mile novice chase at Cheltenham’s November meeting has been pencilled into his diary.
Decimation
6g Milan – Babies Present
Gigginstown House Stud
22212-3
RPR 142h OR 139h
He’s been working nicely and we’ll look to get him out in a beginners’ chase towards the end of November.
Defan
5g Kayf Tara – Flushtown Vale
Niall O’Leary
010-031
RPR 111h 121c OR 111h 119c
He was very good at Listowel when he held off another one of ours, Zarkareva. That was a competitive race and I was delighted for his owner Niall O’Leary, who is from Kerry. That gave him a great thrill. We’ll look for something similar for him now.
Eklat De Rire
7g Saddex – Rochdale
P Davies
121/11U-
RPR 158c OR 152c
It’s a shame he came down at Cheltenham as he was travelling well at the time. He’s a smart staying chaser who will start off at Wexford on Monday in the same race Minella Indo won last year. He has to step up to mix it with the best staying chasers around but I do think there is more improvement in him this season.
Eleazar Des Neiges
7g Buck’s Boum – Ludiana Des Neiges
Gigginstown House Stud
4250P-2
RPR 135c OR 132
7g Muhtathir – Reaction
Cheveley Park Stud
1111F-P
RPR 165c OR 163c
He schooled great the other morning and he runs at Down Royal on Saturday in the chase for second-season novices. The funny thing about the way he finished last season was that he was in mighty form going into Cheltenham before he fell in the Marsh, and I couldn’t have been any happier with him going to Punchestown either, but he walloped the fence so hard there that he chipped a joint. That takes some doing. He’s been back a while now and has been working great. He seems to be in really good order and, fingers crossed, he will have a bit more luck on his side this season.
Epson Du Houx
7g Diamond Boy – Pruneyle Do
Gigginstown House Stud
110F3-6
RPR 143c OR 140c
He’s in great form and working well. We’ll look for a handicap chase for him in the next few weeks once there is a good ease in the ground.
Full Time Score
7g Flemensfirth – Is It Here
C Jones
1/3/113-
RPR 122c
This guy looks great. We’ll find a handicap chase for him towards the end of November or early December. He’s lightly raced and should have more to offer this season.
Fully Charged
7g Fair Mix – Alora Money
Three Swallows Partnership
4U25-21
RPR 133h 135c OR 130h 128c
He won his beginners’ chase at Gowran earlier this month and the plan for him now is to go for the two-mile-six handicap chase at Punchestown on Morgiana weekend. He’s progressing all the time and that looks the right sort of race for him.
Gabbys Cross
6g Frammassone – Mille Et Une Nuits
R S Brookhouse
0/1165-8
RPR 124h OR 120h
You’d like to think he will be even better over fences than he was over hurdles. He’s working well and his schooling has gone smoothly. We’ll find a beginners’ chase for him next month in or around two and a half miles.
Gaspard Du Seuil
5g Fuisse – Violette Du Seuil
Sean & Bernardine Mulryan
1/34P-2
RPR 108h
I thought he ran well at Listowel on his first run since Christmas and we’ll be on the lookout for a maiden hurdle for him over the next few weeks.
Gin On Lime
5m Doctor Dino – Quiche Lorraine
Robcour
4-11121
RPR 147c OR 143c
She’s been brilliant this season and couldn’t have won any easier at Tipperary. She wears her heart on her sleeve and loves what she does. The plan now is to take her over to Cheltenham next month for the novice chase over two and a half miles and I’m looking forward to seeing how she gets on in that.
Given Wings
6g Califet – Wyndham Bobbin
Mrs Annette Kinsella
20-1
RPR 110h
It was great to see him winning the way he did at Killarney and he runs in the rated novice hurdle at Wexford on Monday.
Dark horse
Grand Jury
5g Tiger Groom – Saboum
Robcour
11-4
RPR 121b
He was impressive when he won his point and there was plenty to like about the way he got the job done in a Punchestown bumper for us in March when Patrick Mullins rode him. He went back there for a bumper at the festival and bumped into Dysart Dynamo. He’s schooled well and we’re hoping to get him into a maiden hurdle towards the end of November.
Gua Du Large
5g Kapgarde – Kayagua
Robcour
2150-4
RPR 128h OR 127h
He didn’t manage to add to his maiden hurdle win at Thurles but he’s summered well and we’ll find a suitable handicap hurdle for him over the next couple of weeks.
Holymacapony
5g Libertarian – Heavenly Star
Barry Maloney
1/1P8-34
RPR 137h OR 130h
He ran fine the other day at Thurles but no more than that. He looked like he had a chance at one stage maybe before the home turn but was just ran out of it in the end. The plan is to head chasing with him now and he should do well at that game.
Star quality
Honeysuckle
7m Sulamani – First Royal
Kenneth Alexander
11/111-1
RPR 166h OR 165h
What can you say about her that hasn’t been said already? She’s just brilliant. I know there was speculation that she might be sent over fences but, when it came down to it, it was pretty much a unanimous decision between everyone that she would stay over hurdles. The plan is to follow the same path as last season so, all being well, she will start off in the Hatton’s Grace at Fairyhouse, then on to the Irish Champion Hurdle before going back to defend her crown at Cheltenham. She’s summered seriously well and is working very nicely.
Hurricane Cliff
5g Canford Cliffs – Petit Moselle
Molesworth Syndicate
25210-
RPR 127h OR 129h
He has some nice bits and pieces of form, especially his maiden hurdle win at Naas in February. We’ll find a handicap for him over two miles in the next few weeks.
Ingenious Stroke
5g Jet Away – Just For Jean
Johnny Hartnett & Patrick D Power
61-4
RPR 107h
He ran much better than the distance he was beaten at Galway suggests. That experience will certainly stand to him and we’ll look for another maiden hurdle for him in the next few weeks.
Irascible
6g Jukebox Jury – Karuma
Gigginstown House Stud
5/1255-
RPR 146h OR 143h
He bumped into Appreciate It on his last three starts last season and was second to him in a Grade 1 at Leopardstown over Christmas. He’s come back from his holidays looking great and he’s schooling well. We’ll be looking out for a beginners’ chase for him in the next few weeks.
Itwasfate
4g Passing Glance – Grandma Griffiths
Roger Kissane
6-
RPR 85b
A nice young horse. He stayed on well in a Punchestown bumper last spring and returns in a maiden hurdle at Wexford on Monday.
January Jets
7g Presenting – Poetics Girl
Robcour
2316-P2
RPR 140c OR 137c
I have to admit I was a bit disappointed with him at Limerick. He was put in his place there. We’ll find a good handicap chase for him in the next few weeks.
Jason The Militant
7g Sans Frontieres – Rock Angel
Peter Michael Racing
331U-73
RPR 160h OR 157h
He was giving plenty of weight away to everything at Tipperary, so I didn’t think that was a bad run at all behind Saldier. He gave a good blow afterwards as well, so he’ll come on for it. The Fighting Fifth at Newcastle is the plan now and we’ll get him ready for that.
Dark horse
Journey With Me
5g Mahler – Kilbarry Demon
Robcour
11-
RPR 131b
A very exciting young horse who has been working well since he came back in. I suppose he couldn’t have won his bumper at Gowran any easier than he did and the plan is to find a maiden hurdle for him in the second half of November, probably over two and a half miles.
Kalkas
5g Kapgarde – Fortunateencounter
Sean & Bernardine Mulryan
3/510-6
RPR 119h
This fella jumps really well and I’m looking forward to seeing him over a fence. He won his maiden hurdle nicely at Limerick last Christmas and bumped into a few above-average sorts afterwards.
Kapard
5m Kapgarde – Ardissone
Alan Halsall
1145-
RPR 125h OR 125h
She’s a nice mare who won her first two hurdles at Roscommon and Wexford before being upped in grade. She’s summered well and goes over fences now.
Kavanaghs Corner
12g Coroner – Annacarney
Mrs Bridget O’Flynn
132U4-7
RPR 129c OR 120c
He did great last season, the highlight being his win in the Ladies National at Fairyhouse for Emma Twomey. Emma gets on great with him and we’ll look for similar races for him this time around.
Kings Keeper
6g Getaway – Fingal’s Sister
Gigginstown House Stud
2240-
RPR 110h
He didn’t run badly in a few maiden hurdles and we’ll get him out in a maiden hurdle in the next few weeks.
Largy Debut
6g Shirocco – Debut
C Jones
13/
RPR 114b
His work has been catching my eye and he seems very well. We’ll find a maiden hurdle for him somewhere soon. I thought he travelled really well in a Navan bumper when you last saw him and we’re looking forward to getting him out.
Magic Daze
5m Doyen – Magic Maze
Robcour
312-43
RPR 137h 127c OR 135h
She ran fine at Galway but I was a bit disappointed with her if I’m being completely honest. For three-quarters of the race it was poetry in motion, so maybe she just didn’t fully see out the extended two miles two furlongs. We’ll drop her back to two miles next time and I still think she’ll develop into a lovely chaser.
Malone Road
7g Kalanisi – Zaffarella
Cheveley Park Stud
1/11/13-
RPR 135h
We obviously haven’t seen him for a while, and he had an issue with his knee last season, but he’s been working nicely lately. We’re going over fences with him and his schooling has gone well. You’ll see him out in a beginners’ chase in the next few weeks. He’s got some top-class form from a few years ago, so it would be great to get him back to that sort of level.
Minella Escape
6g Beat Hollow – Be My Leader
Alan Halsall
1/F21F-
RPR 130h
He’s always given the impression he would be better over fences than he was over hurdles and his schooling has suggested as much. We had to take him out of a beginners’ chase at Fairyhouse earlier this month with a stone bruise, but we’ll try to find a similar sort of one for him very soon.
Star quality
Minella Indo
8g Beat Hollow – Carrigeen Lily
Barry Maloney
2/11F41-
RPR 179c OR 175c
He put the finishing touches to a surreal week for the team when he won the Gold Cup. It was a brilliant performance and it showed what he is capable of when he puts it all together. He never missed a beat and just jumped and galloped. He loves Cheltenham and comes alive when he gets to the place. I suppose it’s not a bad place to save your best form for! He has summered extremely well and his work has been great. We’ve had the Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down Royal on Saturday in our minds as his starting point for quite a while now, so that’s where he will return. I’m not entirely sure what route he will take from there. There is obviously the Savills Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas and the King George could be an option too, but we’ll see how Down Royal goes first and take it from there. If he and A Plus Tard have to clash before Cheltenham, then so be it.
Minella Melody
7m Flemensfirth – Cottage Theatre
Kenneth Alexander
0/2227-2
RPR 148h OR 142h
She’s a mare we’ve always liked and she signed off last season by finishing second in a Grade 1. Her schooling has gone great and I’m looking forward to seeing her over a fence. She was impressive when she won her point, so chasing will hopefully be her game.
8g Oscar – Triptoshan
John P McManus
20/1221-
RPR 158c OR 159c
We haven’t discussed anything yet, so nothing is firmed up about where he will return. I’d imagine he will be ready to start back mid- to late November, but I’m not sure where yet. He was brilliant in the Grand National and took to it like a duck to water. Rachael [Blackmore] was super on him. He looks great since he’s come back after the summer.
Miss Tempo
5m Milan – Butlers Storm
Ferroandel Racing Syndicate
12-21
RPR 116h OR 103h
She’s a strong staying mare who has had a break since she won her maiden hurdle at Tramore in July. She’ll be back in the next couple of weeks in a handicap hurdle.
Monalee
10g Milan – Tempest Belle
Barry Maloney
4/p324/3-
RPR 171c OR 165c
He’s top-class on his day and his run in the 2020 Gold Cup proves that. He was beaten less than two lengths by Al Boum Photo that day. He had a setback in January which ruled him out of the second half of last season and you won’t see him out again until the second half of this season. The aim would be to get a run into him in January hopefully.
Dark horse
Mosala
4g Kodiac – Glamorous
C Acheson
123136 (Flat)
RPR 101f OR 92f
He was quite a talented middle-distance performer on the Flat and won a premier handicap at Leopardstown in July. He’s schooling well over hurdles and seems to have really taken to it. Given he’s rated 92 on the Flat and has enjoyed his schooling so far, he could be very interesting over hurdles. He could run in a maiden hurdle at Cork next Sunday.
Mr Incredible
5g Westerner – Bartlemy Bell
Stephen E McCarthy
21-
RPR 139h
I thought he was quite impressive when he won his maiden hurdle at Naas. Unfortunately, he had a setback afterwards but he’s back to himself now and schooling well. You’ll see him in a beginners’ chase soon and I’m looking forward to that.
Notebook
8g Samum – Nova
Gigginstown House Stud
6/12377-
RPR 169c OR 162c
He’s in super form and will kick off his campaign in the Fortria Chase at Navan on Sunday week. I’d be keen to step him up in trip after that, so the John Durkan at Punchestown could be an option.
Percy Warner
5g Ocovango – Fugal Maid
Basil Holian
11-
RPR 138h
He’s a nice horse who has just come to us. His work has been good and he’s done everything right since he’s arrived here. He could be smart.
Plan Of Attack
8g Court Cave – Loadsofability
Alan Halsall
PP8F7-0
RPR 143c OR 136c
It was a shame he came down in the Kim Muir as he seemed to be going nicely at the time. His main early season aim is the Cross Country Chase at Cheltenham next month.
Presented Well
8g Oscar – Millstream Express
Both Sides Of The Water Syndicate
8/350/34
RPR 132h 120c OR 126h
He ran in the rated novice chase at Galway on Saturday and I thought he ran really well. He kept on nicely from the last and it was a nice step up from Listowel. He can continue to progress in novice chases.
Star quality
Put The Kettle On
7m Stowaway – Name For Fame
One For Luck Racing Syndicate
11/1314-
RPR 162c OR 159c
She goes straight to Cheltenham for the Shloer. That has always been her early season aim and it makes perfect sense to head straight there after she missed Gowran. We all know how much she loves the place and her record there is unbelievable. She won the race last year and it fits nicely into her schedule. She was due to return at Gowran earlier this month and it was a tough call to take her out on the day, but I just felt it was better being on the safe side. She’s in super form and we’ve been thrilled with her over the last few weeks.
Quilixios
4g Maxios – Quilita
Cheveley Park Stud
1111-7
RPR 149h OR 150h
He’s going to stay over hurdles and will start back in the WKD Hurdle at Down Royal on Friday. He was really good the day he won the Triumph and I’d imagine the reason for his poor run at Punchestown was down to the fact it was the end of a long campaign. He’s back working really well again now.
Schone Aussicht
6m Pastorius – Suquia
Pimlico Racing Ireland
37-1125
RPR 125h OR 117h
She paid her way this summer, winning at Limerick and Downpatrick. The plan is to take her over to Cheltenham in November.
Serenity Grove
5g Ocovango – Dakota Fire
Brace Yourself Syndicate
17
RPR 120h
After winning by a wide margin at Downpatrick, he was very disappointing at Limerick in a better race and nothing came to light afterwards. We’ll try him over shorter next time and see if that will work.
She Tops The Lot
8m Yeats – Top Lot
Foleys Bar Syndicate
26221-P
RPR 121c OR 118c
She got tired at Wexford on Sunday. She’s certainly well-named because the roars I heard when she passed the line in front at Tipperary when she won earlier this month topped the lot. I’d never heard the like of it!
Somptueux
6g Spirit One – Best Day
P Davies
141-F20
RPR 124h 143c OR 118h 139c
I was very hopeful of a big run going into the Galway Plate but he was disappointing there. We decided to give him a break after that and aim him at the valuable handicap chase at the Cheltenham meeting in November, and that remains the plan.
Sovereign Gold
7m Gold Well – Sovereign Lass
Julian Taylor
5526-21
RPR 120h 125c OR 118c
It took a while but she eventually won her maiden hurdle at Tipperary in May. She needs soft ground and she needs a trip. A three-mile handicap chase in deep winter ground is what we will be on the lookout for.
Spyglass Hill
8g Morozov – Missmartinslane
Niall O’Leary
6323-85
RPR 131h 150c OR 128h 140c
I thought he ran really well in the Munster National at Limerick and I’d say the trip just found him out there. With that in mind, we’re dropping him back down to two miles five furlongs and going for the Grand Sefton over the National fences at Aintree on Saturday week.
Telmesomethinggirl
6m Stowaway – Wahiba Hall
Kenneth Alexander
31131-5
RPR 143h OR 142h
The Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham is her ultimate aim this season and she will run in the mares’ hurdle at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting too. We changed tactics with her at Cheltenham and she was brilliant in the mares’ novice hurdle. She’s summered well and looks great. She’s about three or four weeks off a run.
Tiger Voice
6g Poet’s Voice – Tarsia
Robcour
F43-610
RPR 134h 140c OR 126h 133c
We’ve given him a good break since he disappointed behind Abbey Magic at Galway in the summer. He’s a good horse on his day and we’ll look for a handicap chase for him over two miles or two and a half miles in the next few weeks.
Tisadream
6m Dubai Destination – Deepred
John Patrick Byrne
57-3101
RPR 106h 106c OR 104h
She got off the mark at the first time of asking at Tramore, where she jumped absolutely brilliantly. We’ll look for something similar for her next, a nice rated novice chase somewhere over two miles.
Trebizond
4g Golden Horn – Night Frolic
Robcour
47-221
RPR 112h OR 111h
He got there in the end at Roscommon. Dylan [Robinson] was very confident on him and he picked up really well for him after the last. He has a nice turn of foot and we’ll keep an eye out for something suitable for him in the coming weeks.
Trendy Lady
5m Kayf Tara – Redunderthebed
Niall O’Leary
5-44
RPR 105h
I think she’s better than what you’ve seen so far. She ran well at Listowel in a decent maiden hurdle. I genuinely thought she would win next time at Fairyhouse on the back of that but I was a bit disappointed by her. We’ll ease off her for a few weeks and bring her back for a mares’ maiden hurdle.
Tune The Chello
6m Ask – New Chello
Robcour
P2-212U
RPR 127h 130c OR 120h 122c
She was so unlucky at Listowel. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that happen on a racecourse before and you had to feel sorry for poor Jordan Gainford. She’s been in good form since that and we’ll look for something similar next time in the hope she can get some compensation.
Upping the Anti
5g Valirann – Hollygrove Cezanne
Alan Halsall
6-53
RPR 90h
We dropped him down in trip at Wexford on Sunday and he ran better than he did at Gowran over 2m4f the previous time. Hopefully he can continue to progress now.
Zarkareva
5m Authorized – Zarkiyna
Robcour
5-32U32
RPR 108h 142c OR 117h 135c
She’s proved herself to be a much better chaser than hurdler and has put up some big performances in defeat the last two times. She was just touched off by Defan at Listowel and didn’t do much wrong there. Hopefully, she’ll go one better in something similar in the coming weeks.
Two for the Tracker
A couple of novice hurdlers: Journey With Me is a very exciting young horse and Mosala is another really interesting prospect.
Expert view
Few trainers have had a season like Henry de Bromhead’s in 2020-21, so attempting to scale the same heights this time around is probably an impossible task.
He does have some of the biggest names in jump racing, however, including the remarkably reliable Honeysuckle.
Any temptation to follow a chasing path, as fellow Champion Hurdle-winning mare Dawn Run did, has been quelled for now, and she’s bound to be a warm order for all the same Grade 1 prizes she plundered last season.
Monkfish’s absence for the coming season has done no harm to Minella Indo’s claims of a repeat in the Blue Riband event.
There isn’t a standout threat from the novice chasers of last season to give the eight-year-old sleepless nights, but remaining atop the staying chase division has proved a consistently tough task for some of the best talents around.
A Plus Tard ensures the Knockeen trainer should have a strong hand for all the major chasing prizes over three miles and further.
Cheltenham specialist Put The Kettle On is part of what promises to be a golden age for two-mile chasing. Shishkin and Energumene will force her to raise her game, but she’s only a seven-year-old, so it’s possible she could improve again this season.
De Bromhead has a good deal of depth of young performers coming through – and there are few more exciting prospects than Bob Olinger.
Journey With Me has the potential to follow a similar path to his Robcour-owned stablemate this season, while Eklat De Rire is particularly unexposed and could develop into a Grand National contender.