The first and feature race of the afternoon at Punchestown is the Grade Two Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle and with Willie Mullins winning this race with the likes of Dysart Dynamo, Getabird, Min, Douvan and Vautour, this season he has the favourite again with Impaire Et Passe and he should not be beat.
He is a horse we are a huge fan of, having been bought by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede after winning a bumper in France over 1m4 1/2f, he was given to Willie Mullins and made his debut on the 20th December at Naas.
He looks a serious talent being an 18 lengths winner of a 24 runner Maiden Hurdle over 2m3f and although he would be dropping in trip for this race he has bundles of class.
He could be a big player in either the Supreme or Ballymore if improving again to win this race and if you look at how Mullins has done with Munir & Souede novice/juvenile hurdle horses this season like Dark Raven, The Hunters Yarn, Tax For max and Zarak The Brave, I think Impaire Et Passe is the best of the lot of them.