2016/17 Jumps Profile - Black Hercules

Black Hercules 7 yb g  Heron Island – Annalecky (Tony)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	4	2	0	0	£12,243	£15,441	119	135	—
Hurdle	3	2	0	0	£24,504	£24,504	95	150	145
Chase	4	3	0	0	£94,241	£94,241	148	164	158
PTP	1	1	0	0	£0	£0	—	93	—
Rules Races	11	7	0	0	£130,989	£134,187

Top class novice chaser last season, he has won 7 of his 11 starts in total. He made a winning debut in a 3m point at Dromahane in April 2013, beating Are You listening 6l, then made a wining debut under rules for Willie Mullins in a 2m bumper at Punchestown in December, beating Cillian’s Return 2 ½ l. He won a similar event at Gowran Park in January 2014, beating Monty’s Meadow 8 ½ l then ran a good 4^th at Cheltenham in the festival bumper, beaten 4 ½ l by Silver Concorde, then finished a disappointing 11^th in the Punchestown equivalent. He reappeared at Cork in November 2014, winning a 2m maiden hurdle by 2 ¼ l from A Hardy Nailer, then followed up at the same track, taking a grade 3 stayers novice hurdle by 2 ½ l from Alpha Des Obeaux. He disappointed at Cheltenham in March last year, finishing only 7^th in the 3m grade 1 Albert Bartlett novice hurdle. He reappeared last season in a 2m 4f beginners chase at Navan in December , beating Sambremont 112l, then came over to Warwick in January and won a 3m novice chase by 2 ¾ l from Definitely Red. He then fell in a 3m novice chase at Navan in February, but finished the season as a Cheltenham winner, taking the 2m 4f grade 1 JLT novice chase by 3l from Bristol De Mai. He will win his races and I understand he is more likely to be aimed at the Ryan Air than the Gold Cup.

2016/17 Jumps Profile - Battleford

Battleford 5 y bg Midnight Ledgend – Well Maid  (Peej)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	3	1	2	0	£4,566	£28,005	104	136	—
PTP	1	0	0	0	£0	£0	—	89	—
Rules Races	3	1	2	0	£4,566	£28,005

Useful sort but probably some way down the pecking order in the Mullins battalions, he made his debut at Loughanmore in a 3m maiden point in April 2015, where he fell. He made his rules debut at Punchestown in January this year, winning a 2m bumper by 2 1/4l from Presenting Percy. He then came to Cheltenham and improved markedly to finish a nose 2^nd to Ballyandy in the Champion bumper in March, then was 2^nd to stable mate Barcardys at Aintree in April beaten ½ l in a grade 2 bumper. He should win novice hurdles at least, but may be just below the top rank

Trainer W. Mullins

2016/17 Jumps Profile - Altior

Altior 6 b g High Chaparral – Monte Solaro ( Bob, Cliff,Cod, Lee,  Martin Micky,Neil ,  Peej , Steve)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	3	1	0	1	£1,560	£4,436	91	132	—
Hurdle	5	5	0	0	£109,019	£109,019	152	163	160
Rules Races	8	6	0	1	£110,578	£113,455

Top class hurdler who has won 6 of his 8 starts, although only last season, he finished as the highest rated British trained 2m  hurdler on a mark of 167.   He started his career on a winning note on 18 May 2014 in a 2m bumper at Market Rasen, beating Double WS 14l.  He reappeared in February 2015 at Newbury in a 2m bumper and finished 3^rd beaten 3 ¼ l by Barters Hill. He then went to Punchestown for the Irish Champion Bumper and could finish only 6^th , 8 ½ l behind Belshill. Since then he is unbeaten in 5 runs, The run started at Chepstow last October where he won a 2m novice hurdle by 34l from Murray Mount, then followed up at  Ascot in a similar event beating Ch’Tibello 1 ¼ l.

Stepped up in class at Cheltenham next he took a grade 2 novice hurdle by ½ l from Maputo, then at Kempton took another 2m novice hurdle by 13l from the Mullins trained Open Eagle. He finished the season in style at the Cheltenham Festival landing the Supreme novice hurdle by 7l from Min. At present he seems due to go novice chasing, and if he takes to it,will surely be a hot favourite for the Arkle come March, and if not, he can revert to hurdles and be a major player in the Champion Hurdle.

2016/17 Jumps Season - The Single Picks

Bob (4) - Capitaine, De Plotting Shed, Kylemore Lough, Onenightinvienna

Cliff (7) - Ball D'Arc, Elgin, Fagan, Rock the Kasbah, Sceau Royal, Vivaldi Collonges, War Sound

Cod (9) - Ballynagour, Buywise, Cause of Causes, Coneygree, Many Clouds, On The Fringe, Splash of Ginge, Theo, The Last Samurai

Lee (5) - Ballyandy, Claude Charlet, Emerging Talent, Fix Le Cap, Kilcrea Vale

Martin (8) - Barters Hill, Charbel, Cultivator, La Bagur Au Roi, Miss Crick, Top Notch, Virak, William Henry

Micky (10) - Aloomomo, Barcardys, Diamond King, Fletchers Flyer, Frodon, Give Me A Copper, Josies Orders, Melon, Native River, One Track Mind

Neil (11) - Balleycasey, Irish Cavalier, Land of Hopeandglory, Maximiser, Moscato, Our Valentina, Petit Mouchoir, Pinkie Brown, Russe Blanc, Smad Place, Snow Leopardess,

Peej (6) - Battleford, Bouvreuil, Let's Dance, Minella Rocco, Silvergrove, Un Temps Pour Tout

Steve (10) - Beat That, Brain Power, Clan Des Obeaux, Dolos, Jenkins, Le Prezien, More of That, Old Guard, Politologue, Village Vic

Tony (11) - Airlie Beach, Arctic Fire, Bellshill, Black Hercules, Felix Yonger, Ivan Grozny, Listen Dear, Min, Nichols Canyon, Pylonthepressure, Shaneshill

2016/17 Jumps Season - Alphabetical List

Aloomomo                 Micky

Airlie Beach           Tony

Altior,                     Bob, Cliff, Cod, Lee, Martin, Micky, Neil, Peej, Steve

Alpha Des Obeaux        Bob, Peej

Annie Power,          Cliff, Cod,  Peej, Tony

Apples Jade           Cod, Lee,  Martin, Micky

Arctic Fire              Tony

Ar Mad                    Micky Neil,

Aux Petit Sons,       Cliff,  Cod, Lee,  Martin, Micky, Neil, Steve

Ball D’Arc,             Cliff

Ballyandy                Lee

Ballycasey               Neil

Ballynagour           Cod

Ballyoptic,              Cliff, Martin, Micky, Peej

Barcardys                Micky

Barters Hill           Martin  ,

Battleford                Peej

Beat That                Steve

Bellshill                 Tony

Black Hercules       Tony

Blow By Blow        Lee, Martin,

Bouvreuil                Peej

Brain Power           Steve

Bristol De Mai       Neil, Steve

Buveur  D’air       Lee, Martin, Peej, Steve

Buywise                 Cod

Capitaine               Bob

Cause of Causes     Cod

Charbel                 Martin

Clan Des Obeaux    Steve

Claude Charlet         Lee

Coneygree              Cod

Cue Card,              Cliff, Lee, Martin, Neil

Cultivator              Martin

De Plotting Shed    Bob

Diamond King        Micky

Different Gravy    Martin, Peej, Steve

Djakadam,            Bob, Cliff, Cod, Tony

Dolos                     Steve

Douvan,                Bob, Cliff, Cod, Lee,  Martin, Micky, Neil, Peej, Tony

Elgin,                    Cliff

Emerging Talent    Lee

Fagan,                  Cliff 

 Faugheen,           Bob, Cliff, Martin,Neil,  Tony

Felix Younger       Tony

Fix Le Cap              Lee

Fletchers Flyer    Micky

Frodon                  Micky

Give Me A Copper    Micky

Invitation Only         Bob,  Lee

Irish Cavelier          Neil

Ivan Grozny               Tony

Jenkins                    Steve

Josies Orders        Micky

Kilcrea Vale           Lee

Kilultagh Vic          Micky, Tony

Kotkikova                 Bob,  Steve

Kylemore Lough         Bob

La Bagur Au Roi  Martin

Land of hopeandglory    Neil

Le Prezien                Steve

Let’s Dance           Peej

Listen Dear          Tony

Many Clouds          Cod

Maximiser              Neil

Melon                   Micky

Min                         Tony

Minella Rocco       Peej

Miss Crick            Martin

Moonracer          Bob,  Peej

More of That       Steve

Moscato              Neil

Native River        Micky

Nicholls Canyon    Tony

No Comment           Bob, Steve

Old Guard              Steve

On The Fringe    Cod

Onehightinvienna    Bob

One Track Mind    Micky

Our Valentina        Neil

Pettit Mouchoir        Neil

Pinkie Brown             Neil

Politolouge                 Steve

Pylonthepressure     Tony

Redhotfillypeppers    Bob, Cod

Robin Roe              Bob, Cliff

Rock The Kasbah,   Cliff

Russe Blanc            Neil

Sceau Royal             Cliff

Shaneshill                Tony

Silvergrove                Peej

Smad Place                 Neil

Snow Leopardess         Neil

Splash of Ginge       Cod

Sprinter Sacre,        Cliff, Cod, Neil

Theo                      Cod

The Last Samurai   Cod

 Thistlecrack,         Bob, Cliff, Cod, Lee, Martin, Micky,Neil,  Peej, Steve

Top Notch               Martin

Un De Sceaux,       Cliff, Lee, Tony

Un Temps Pour Tout      Peej

Valseur Lido          Cliff, Lee,  Peej

Village Vic            Steve

Virak                    Martin

Vivaldi Collonges,     Cliff

Vroum Vroum Mag     Bob, Cod, Lee, Micky, , Peej Tony

War Sound,          Cliff   

William Henry           Martin

Winter Escape             Bob, Peej, Steve

Wotzizname                 Lee, Micky

Yanworth                  Bob, Lee, Peej, Steve

Yorkhill                       Bob,  Cod, Lee,  Peej , Tony

2016/17 Jumps Season - The Strings

Cliff  Altior, Annie Power,  Aux Petit Sons, Ball D’Arc, Ballyoptic, Cue Card,  Djakadam, Douvan, Elgin, Fagan,  Faugheen, Robin Roe,  Rock The Kasbah,  Sceau Royal, Sprinter Sacre, Thistlecrack, Un De Sceaux, Valseur Lido, Vivaldi Collonges,  War Sound , 

Micky, Aloomomo, Altior, Apples Jade, Ar Mad, Aux Petit Soins, Ballyoptic, Barcardys, Diamond King, Douvan, Fletchers Flyer, Frodon, Give Me A Copper, Jossies Orders, Kilultagh Vic, Melon, Native River, One Track Mind, Thistlecrack, , Vroum Vroum Mag, Wotzizname

Martin, Altior, Apples Jade, Aux Ptits Soins, Barters Hill, Blow By Blow, Ballyoptic, Buveur dAir, Charbel, Cue Card, Cultivator, Different Gravy, Douvan, Faugheen, La Bague Au Roi, Miss Crick, Thistlecrack, Top Notch,  Un De Sceau, Virak, William Henry Cod,  Altior, Annie Power,  Apples Jade, Aux Petit Soins, Ballynagour, Buywise, Cause of Causes, Coneygree, Djackadam, Douvan, Many Clouds, On The Fringe, Redhotfillypeppers,  Splash of Ginge, Sprinter Sacre, The Last Samurai, Theo, Thistlecrack, Vroum Vroum Mag, Yorkhill,

Tony,  Airlie Beach , Annie Power , Arctic Fire , Bellshill , Black Hercules , Djakadam , Douvan , Faugheen , Felix Yonger , Ivan Grozny , Killultagh Vic , Koshari , Listen Dear , Min , Nichols Canyon , Pylonthepressure , Shaneshill , Un De Sceaux , Vroum Vroum Mag , Yorkhill

Peej, Altior , Alpha Des Obeaux , Annie Power ,  Ballyoptic, Battleford , Bouvreuil , Buveur D'Air , Different Gravey , Douvan ,  Let’s Dance , Minella Rocco ‘Moon Racer , Silvergrove , Thistlecrack , Un Temps Pour Tout , Vautour , Valseur Lido , Vroum Vroum Mag , Winter Escape , Yanworth , Yorkhill Neil, Altior , Ar Mad , Aux Ptits Soins,  Ballycasey ,Bristol De Mai, Cue Card, Douvan, , Faugheen, Irish Cavalier , Landofhopeandglory  Maximiser, Moscato , Our Valentina ,Petit Mouchier ,Pinkie Brown ,Russe Blanc ,Smad Place Snow Leopardess Sprinter Sacre , Thistlecrack  Steve,   ALTIOR, AUX PTITS SOINS, BEAT THAT, BRAIN POWER,  BRISTOL DE MAI, BUVEUR D'AIR, CLAN DES OBEUX, DIFFERENT GRAVEY DOLOS, JENKINS,   KOTkIKOVA,  LE PREZIEN,  MORE OF THAT,  NO COMMENT, OLD GUARD,  POLITOLOGUE, THISTLECRACK, VILLAGE VIC  WINTER ESCAPE,  YARNWORTH

Lee, Altior Apples Jade  Aux Pitis Soins , Ballyandy,   Blow by Blow Buveur D'Air Claude Charlet,  Cue Card, Douvan, Emerging Talent , Fixe Le Cap,  Invitation Only   Kilcrea Vale Thistlecrack , UnDe Sceaux, Valseur Lido , Vroum Vroum Mag., Wotzizname.. Yorkhil, Yanworth Bob Alpha Des Obeaux ,    Altior ,   Capitaine ,  De Plotting Shed ,   Djakadam,   Douvan ,   Faugheen ,    Kylemore Lough ,  Invitation Only ,   Kotkikova ,   Moon Racer ,  No Comment ,   Onenightinvienna ,    Redhotfillypeppers ,   Robin Roe,    Thistlecrack ,   Vroum Vroum Mag ,   Winter Escape ,   Yanworth ,    YorkHill