Supreme Novices Hurdle – which ride for McCoy?

The J P McManus-owned pair of Get Me Out Of Here and Bellvano were the two big winners this week on the two-mile novice hurdling scene so A P McCoy will have an interesting decision to make if they both make it there but I suspect they won’t.

The shorter of the pair is marginally the Totesport Trophy winner Get Me Out Of Here and the time of his win was certainly better than that posted by Bellvano on the same day but he also has the Neptune entry and I will be amazed if the McManus operation also don’t give him handicap hurdle entries and they will no doubt be watching the handicapper does very closely.

As for Bellvano, he clearly has class and speed but he didn’t convince me at all when he hit the front at Newbury as McCoy had to yank him back in or he could have ended up of the chase course so I can’t really have a horse like that on my mind for the Supreme.

No other contenders really emerged over the last seven days.