Salvator Mundi and Romeo Coolio feature among the 57 entries that remain 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.
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 Kopek Des Bordes. The six-year-old waltzed to a serene success at the Dublin Racing Festival when appearing to be in a league of his won, and will likely feature in many an opening day multiple.
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.
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.
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 Salt Bay and James’s Gate add more depth to what should be a wide open first race of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival.
2025 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Entries
| Number | Horse | Trainer |
| 1 | Alexei | Joe Tizzard |
| 2 | Belloccio | Willie Mullins |
| 3 | Bleu De Vassy | Gordon Elliott |
| 4 | Brave Brigadier | Thomas Gibney |
| 5 | C’Est Ta Chance | Willie Mullins |
| 6 | Celtic Dino | Sam Thomas |
| 7 | De Temps En Temps | Gavin Cromwell |
| 8 | Dodger Long | Harriet Dickin |
| 9 | Don’t Mind If I Do | Alan King |
| 10 | Dunkerque | Gavin Cromwell |
| 11 | Eastern Legend | Jim Bolger |
| 12 | Fleetfoot | Jim Bolger |
| 13 | Forty Coats | Henry De Bromhead |
| 14 | Funiculi Funicula | Willie Mullins |
| 15 | Good And Clever | Warren Greatrex |
| 16 | Graham | Gary & Josh Moore |
| 17 | Half A Chance | Tara Lee Cogan |
| 18 | HMS President | Alan King |
| 19 | Icare d’Aubrelle | Thomas Cooper |
| 20 | Inn At The Park | Willie Mullins |
| 21 | Irancy | Willie Mullins |
| 22 | Jacovec Cavern | Paul Hennessy |
| 23 | James’s Gate | Martin Brassil |
| 24 | Julius Des Pictons | Jamie Snowden |
| 25 | Kalix Delabarriere | Willie Mullins |
| 26 | Kappa Jy Pyke | Willie Mullins |
| 27 | Karbau | Willie Mullins |
| 28 | Karniquet | Willie Mullins |
| 29 | Kawaboomga | Willie Mullins |
| 30 | Kel Histoire | Willie Mullins |
| 31 | Kiss Will | Willie Mullins |
| 32 | Koktail Divin | Henry De Bromhead |
| 33 | Kopek Des Bordes | Willie Mullins |
| 34 | Laafi | William Durkan |
| 35 | Miami Magic | Stuart Edmunds |
| 36 | No Questions Asked | Ben Pauling |
| 37 | Potters Charm | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 38 | Relieved Of Duties | Gordon Elliott |
| 39 | Romeo Coolio | Gordon Elliott |
| 40 | Roysse | Ben Pauling |
| 41 | Salt Bay | Henry De Bromhead |
| 42 | Salvator Mundi | Willie Mullins |
| 43 | Sea Of Sands | Willie Mullins |
| 44 | Sixmilebridge | Fergal O’Brien |
| 45 | Sky Lord | Henry De Bromhead |
| 46 | Soir De Garde | Willie Mullins |
| 47 | Starcrossed Lover | Neil Mulholland |
| 48 | The Enabler | Gordon Elliott |
| 49 | The New Lion | Dan Skelton |
| 50 | Tripoli Flyer | Fergal O’Brien |
| 51 | Tutti Quanti | Paul Nicholls |
| 52 | Whinney Hill | Gordon Elliott |
| 53 | William Munny | Barry Connell |
| 54 | Workahead | Henry De Bromhead |
| 55 | Yeshil | Henry De Bromhead |
| 56 | You Oughta Know | Willie Mullins |
| 57 | Zillow | Willie Mullins |
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