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2025 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Entries: Salvator Mundi And Romeo Coolio Feature Among 64 Entries

Salvator Mundi and Romeo Coolio feature among the 64 entries received for the 2025 Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, which kicks off the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday 11th March. The traditional curtain-raiser at Prestbury Park, this year’s Supreme looks a wide open contest at the opening entry stage and we take a look at the horses that could take their chance in the 2m Grade 1 contest.

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Willie Mullins is sure to unleash a strong battalion at this year’s Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, as the master of Closutton looks to claim a record-extending eighth win in the race, and his team are likely to be spearheaded by current ante-post favourite Salvator Mundi. Down the field in the Triumph Hurdle last season, the five-year-old was last seen winning the Grade 2 Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown, which has often been one of the leading Irish trials for this race.

Gordon Elliott’s Romeo Coolio was runner-up to Jasmin De Vaux in the Champion Bumper last season and has since blossomed since switching to hurdles and he has put in some decent displays this term. A facile winner at Down Royal, he was then beaten by Tounsivator in the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse. However, he bounced back to form with an impressive nine-length win in the Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown over Christmas and that Grade 1 win highlighted his class.

Nicky Henderson’s Lulamba produced a mightily impressive performance at Ascot at the weekend and propelled to the head of the Triumph Hurdle betting, but the Seven Barrows inmate has been handed an entry here. Dan Skelton’s The New Lion is current ante-post favourite for the Turners Novices’ Hurdle, which is run over 2m 5f later in the week, but the Skelton team have also opted to enter him for the Supreme and now have the possibility of switching their star novice to the Tuesday of Cheltenham.

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Kopek Des Bordes could be another primary shot fired by the Mullins gun and the five-year-old was an impressive winner of a maiden hurdle back in December and is an exciting jumping prospect.

Henry De Bromhead’s Workahead beat William Munny when the pair clashed on Boxing Day at Leopardstown and they are another eye-catching duo amongst the bumper list of entries, while the likes of Kaid D’Authie, Salt Bay and James’s Gate add more depth to what should be a wide open first race of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival.

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2025 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Entries

NumberHorseTrainer
1AlexeiJoe Tizzard
2BelloccioWillie Mullins
3Bleu De VassyGordon Elliott
4Brave BrigadierThomas Gibney
5C’Est Ta ChanceWillie Mullins
6Celtic DinoSam Thomas
7Country MileDan Skelton
8De Temps En TempsGavin Cromwell
9Dodger LongHarriet Dickin
10Don’t Mind If I DoAlan King
11DunkerqueGavin Cromwell
12Eastern LegendJim Bolger
13Final DemandWillie Mullins
14FleetfootJim Bolger
15Forty CoatsHenry De Bromhead
16Funiculi FuniculaWillie Mullins
17Good And CleverWarren Greatrex
18GrahamGary & Josh Moore
19Half A ChanceTara Lee Cogan
20HMS PresidentAlan King
21Icare d’AubrelleThomas Cooper
22Inn At The ParkWillie Mullins
23IrancyWillie Mullins
24Jacovec CavernPaul Hennessy
25James’s GateMartin Brassil
26Julius Des PictonsJamie Snowden
27Kaid D’AuthieWillie Mullins
28Kalix DelabarriereWillie Mullins
29Kappa Jy PykeWillie Mullins
30KarafonWillie Mullins
31KarbauWillie Mullins
32KarniquetWillie Mullins
33KawaboomgaWillie Mullins
34Kel HistoireWillie Mullins
35Kiss WillWillie Mullins
36Koktail DivinHenry De Bromhead
37Kopek Des BordesWillie Mullins
38LaafiWilliam Durkan
39Miami MagicStuart Edmunds
40No Questions AskedBen Pauling
41Potters CharmNigel Twiston-Davies
42Redemption DayWillie Mullins
43Regent’s StrollPaul Nicholls
44Relieved Of DutiesGordon Elliott
45Romeo CoolioGordon Elliott
46RoysseBen Pauling
47Salt BayHenry De Bromhead
48Salvator MundiWillie Mullins
49Sea Of SandsWillie Mullins
50SixmilebridgeFergal O’Brien
51Sky LordHenry De Bromhead
52Soir De GardeWillie Mullins
53Starcrossed LoverNeil Mulholland
54The EnablerGordon Elliott
55The New LionDan Skelton
56Tripoli FlyerFergal O’Brien
57Tutti QuantiPaul Nicholls
58Whinney HillGordon Elliott
59William MunnyBarry Connell
60WorkaheadHenry De Bromhead
61YeshilHenry De Bromhead
62You Oughta KnowWillie Mullins
63ZillowWillie Mullins
64LulambaNicky Henderson

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