Triumph Hurdle not the only race for Gordon Elliott's classy juveniles

Last week the entries came out for the Grade 1s at the Dublin Racing Festival, and I’m a big believer in scouring those entries for Cheltenham Festival clues.

There was nothing that really stood out when it came to the Irish Champion Hurdle and the Irish Gold Cup. All the usual suspects were entered, but one thing did strike me, and that was the lack of credible novice hurdlers in the Chanelle Pharma Novice Hurdle from the Gordon Elliott yard.

Why I mention that is because Elliott seems to have a monopoly of good juvenile hurdlers, and I can’t imagine he will run all of them in the Triumph when there is the option of running in the novice races at Cheltenham instead.