2016 Supreme Novices Hurdle Betting Preview PT 2

Min’s main rivals appear to be a trio of contenders - Altior, Buveur D’Air and Yorkhill. Of the three, Altior trades as the shorter selection with most bookmakers pricing him as a general 5/1 margin. His price is short because he is only pointed at this race unlike some of the others in the mix here who are pointed at the other novice hurdle contests. 

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Altior will be seeking his fifth score on the bounce as he has put together a great body of work in partnership with Nico De Boinville so far this season. His last victory was a particularly eye-catching contest when he captured a Class 2 Novice Hurdle by a whopping 13 length margin against a field of 10. 

Buveur D’Air has taken two races in a row and performed well in both of them despite them just being Class 3 and Class 4 efforts. You will note though that he ran well in a bumper at Aintree last year when coming in 4th out of a field of 19 contenders. He has a lot to prove in this one but the bookmakers still come in with a rather competitive price tag of about an 8/1 or a 7/1 margin at the time of this writing. 

Yorkhill is the other main contender and it looks like the bookmakers are having a hard time pricing him correctly. He captured the Grade 1 Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown to make a real significant showing of things and will be looking for his sixth score on the bounce. 

The bookmakers have him priced at anywhere from 6/1 all the way up to a 16/1 margin as he also boasts entries for th Triumph Hurdle but more than likely the Neptune Novices where he can be backed as short as a 7/1 margin right now. He is certainly talented but Mullins will probably want to keep him away from Min if the favourite is really in form.