ENGLISH TEXTS
Protektorat has a time form rating of 168 and is the joint 9 th highest with Il est Francais . Bred by Guy Cherel and Isabelle Pacault by Saint des Saint out of Protektion ( Protektor ) was trained by Guy Cherel when he made his debut at Auteuil on the 13 th of September 2018 in the Prix Finot finishing 2 nd . He was Purchased privately afterwards and headed to trainer Dan Skelton for the partnership that includes football manger legend Sir Alex Ferguson . His biggest win was last year at the Cheltenham Festival when he won the 2m4f grade 1 Ryanair Chase and the same race has already been spoken about as his target in 2025 since he won his last race the Fleur du Lys chase as Windsor by 23 lengths .
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State Man has the joint 2 nd highest timeform rating of 167 of any hurdlers in the Uk and Ireland with Brighterdaysahead . Bred by ML bloodstock he is by Doctor Dino out of Arret Station ( Johann Quatz ). He was 2 nd on debut at Auteuil in the Prix Wild Monarch for Daniela Mele and was sold afterwards privately to the formidable buying team of Harold Kirk and Pierre Boulard for Willie Mullins . Since then , he ’ s amassed over a million pounds in prize money winning 12 races and up until his last two defeats was only ever beaten by Constitution Hill in a champion hurdle . Out of those 12 wins last year ’ s champion hurdle would be the highlight and his 2025 target would be defending that crown .
Teahupoo has a timeform rating of 163 and is 4 th in the list . Bred by SCEA a Haras Du Houguenet et Al he is by Masked Marvel out of Droit D ’ Aimer ( Sassanian ) and made his debut in the Prix Emilius a winning one at Auteuil which is conditions race for three-year-olds Purchased privately by the duo Nicky Bertrand de balanda and Alex Elliot for Robcour he went in to training with Gordon Elliot and continued his winning ways from France with two wins straight way . His biggest win however cam at last year ’ s Cheltenham festival when he won the oldest championship race the stayers hurdle by 3 lengths . His 2025 target will once again be the stayer ’ s hurdle .
Impaire et Passe has a timeform rating of 162 and is 6 th in the list . Bred by SCEA Haras De Peyre and Mme Pascale Pa he is by Diamond boy out Brune Ecossaise ( Le Fou ). He won his debut race by 6 lengths at Nancy in the Prix du Telethon a four- and five-year-old AQPS flat race over a mile and a half for Yannick Fouin and was subsequently sold on a Arqana pop up online sale for € 155,000 to Highflyer bloodstock . He ended up in Willie Mullins yard for the double green team and carried on winning ways notching up a sequence of 4 in a row including two grade ones at the Cheltenham and Punchestown festivals . His biggest win of his career was that grade 1 at Cheltenham in 2023 in the Ballymore novice hurdle over 2 and a half miles and his target in 2025 now he has gone chasing will be the 3-mile Brown advisory novice chase .
Irish Point has a timeform rating of 161 and is 7 th in the list . Bred by Nicolas Landon et
Al he is by Joshua Tree out of Burkina ( Fragrant mix ) he was trained by Etienne d ’ andigne and never ran over obstacles publicly in France as he was kept to AQPS Flat races over a mile and a half in his three runs culminating in a win in the Grade 1 AQPS Prix Jacques de Vienne at St Cloud beating Il est Francais . He was then privately purchased by Nicky Bertrand de Belanda and Alex Eliiot for Robcour like Teahupoo and went to Gordan Elliot . A very versatile horse he won a grade 1 novice hurdle at Aintree over 3 miles and a grade 1 at Leopardstown over 3 miles before dropping down in trip and taking on State Man in last year ’ s Champion hurdle to finish 2 nd . Last seen returning to his native land for the Grande course de haie in May 2024 and no current entries in 2025 its not yet known what his future target will be .
Lossiemouth has a timeform rating of 158 and is 10 th in the list . Bred by Sarl Elevage des Vallons and M Ian Kellit she is by Great Pretender out of Mariner ’ s Light ( Gentlewave ). She made her debut at Auteuil for Yannick Fouin on the 3 rd of April 2022 in the Prix Geographie conditions race for unraced 3-year-old fillies which she won by ten lengths . Sold to Willie Mullins through Harold Kirk and Pierre Boulard privately after the race she went on a juvenile campaign that result in her winning the Grade 1 triumph hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2023 and the Punchestown equivalent a month later . A three-race campaign the following season saw her romp to victory in the Grade 1 mare hurdle at the festival along with taking the Punchestown equivalent a month later again doing the back-to-back double . Her 2025 target could be taking on the undefeated champion Constitution hill in the Champion
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