Dysart heads my Supreme list after his weekend romp

Published date19 January 2022
Publication titleWeekender
In last week's column I compared leading lights Constitution Hill and Jonbon, but anything their trainer Nicky Henderson can do Willie Mullins can do just as well, and in this case, possibly better

Dysart Dynamo seems to have Jonbon's fizzy disposition with Constitution Hill's relentless power and on Sunday he put that into practice with a bloodless win in the Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle, a race Mullins took with Supreme winners Douvan and Vautour.

We must begin the analysis with a note of caution in that his two primary market rivals did not run to form. The 7-2 second favourite Hawai Game and Guily Billy were both pulled up, with the latter injured. However, the 19-length second Gringo D'aubrelle can be used to contextualise the form given he was a ten-and-a-half-length third to Stage Star in the Challow at Newbury.

He was eased in the closing stages but still recorded a time 11 and 12 seconds quicker than maiden hurdle winners Hiaou and Supreme Jet on the same card.

It is difficult to draw any legitimate conclusions by comparing times to previous renewals given the many different factors at play, but for those interested Min was four seconds quicker on heavy ground, Douvan was just two seconds quicker on soft and Vautour was ten seconds quicker on soft to heavy.

It is also important to remember those horses all received a lead whereas Dysart Dynamo made his own running.

The Racing Post Ratings team handed Dysart Dynamo a figure...

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