A 2 mile and 87 yard Grade 1 race, this years Supreme Novices Hurdle has (at the time of writing) 22 entrants vying for a £84,405 first prize. Run on Cheltenhams Old Course, competing horses have to be aged 4 years and older. Paul Towend won this race last year on the Willie Mullins trained “Kopek Des Bordes”. The current going is “soft”.