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It's all opinions but get them both cherry ripe and I think Faugheen beats Vautour comfortably.
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I don't see any hurdler putting it up to FAUGHEEN in the Champion Hurdle, I haven't seen any hurdler at this stage of their career, that can take already take on any trip, any track (LH/RH) any ground, and look like the faster the race, and the better the opposition, the more they thrive.
I watched his breakthrough Bumper win in May 13, and backed him at 20/1 to win the Supreme (gutted) then switched to 12/1 to win any Festival race, when the waters got murky as to target, and I think 6.1 is massive for the Champion Hurdle. None of the potential opposition has the scope, in my view to hit the heights that are possible for this horse. |
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Lets see first wouldn't be the first novice to have grand expectations and then upped in class to find he falls short.
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Even if Mullins came out and gave the Champion Hurdle as the primary target, Faugheen's current price is shocking. Yeah, he looked good last year, but he should never be shorter than Jezki, MTOY and TNO at this stage.
Last seasons novices (Faugheen and Vautour aside) didn't look a very good crop to me, so I'd rather wait and see how he gets on before Christmas before I'd start declaring him as the next big thing. Although impressive in his last run last season, he was 16/1 for the Champion Hurdle but then to cut him straight away to 4/1 after it is an over reaction. |
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Howdi - Racing post website says Faugheen 158?
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May not have updated it since past run he is defo 161 i'll email you the ratings if yr interested pal.
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chief to nbe fair 16-1 was largely on offer cus mullins was stating 'chasing' at the time.
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He's a rum un for sure. I read a report or heard a comment I think from him that no way would the horse go chasing as he didn't think he'd take to fences. Some trainers are fairly straight with people. Some you just ignore.
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Totally agree deepingfox.
I initially went Supreme too - he's an out and out 2 mile hurdler, and I cannot believe Mullins didn't see this, and ran him in a 3 mile heavy ground race, staggering. Nothing else has his ability to quicken several times, his speed is amazing. If he learns to hurdle more fluently, nothing gets near him. It would be a travesty if he didn't go down the Champion Hurdle route. |
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How can everyone in the world bar Mullins think that Faugheen has a cracking chance of winning the 2015 Champion Hurdle rather than going Chasing.
This beast could be the new Istabraq, its an absolute Machine of a Horse. I think Mullins ran them around the wrong way at Cheltenham in their respective novice hurdles. That was shown up when he then ran Faugheen over the shorter trip at Punchestown and won with its head in its chest. If Mullins doesnt target Faugheen at the Champion Hurdle ill eat my Mickey ! |
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^^^ to be fair vautour and faugheen won their respective races at the fez and he may have run Faugheen in the longer event , to place less emphasis on his jumping.
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And he did flatten a couple in the last half mile. The one worry in an open championship 2 miler.
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Bit of a drift on Faugheen for Champion Hurdle today - any news out there ?
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