'We'll see what he's made of' - is Jet Powered a Supreme threat to Facile Vega?

NEWBURY, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 25: Nico de Boinville riding Jet Powered clear the last to easily win The Coral Bet Bundles 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle at Newbury Racecourse on November 25, 2022 in Newbury, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Jet Powered: Newbury rivals were no match for the impressive winnerCredit: Alan Crowhurst (Getty Images)

Facile Vega showed this week why he dominates the betting for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle and Jet Powered, Britain's best hope for the Cheltenham Festival opener according to odds compilers, gets his chance, in Nicky Henderson's words, to show what he is made of at Newbury on Saturday.

By strolling to victory in a Leopardstown Grade 1 on Tuesday, the Willie Mullins-trained Facile Vega cemented his position as the Supreme favourite and is evens to get Ireland off to a festival flyer.

Jet Powered is next best at 6-1 and punters have another chance to assess his prospects in Newbury's introductory hurdle (12.40), which Henderson won three years ago with the talented Mister Coffey.

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James BurnLambourn correspondent

Published on 30 December 2022inPreviews

Last updated 14:26, 31 December 2022

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