THE team of juvenile hurdlers that JP McManus has assembled looked strong before Christmas, but it looks even stronger now. So Housesofparliament and Sword Fighter and Landofhopeandglory got beaten at Leopardstown, but Charli Parcs was really impressive in winning at Kempton, and Defi Du Seuil was even more impressive in winning the Grade 1 Future Champions Finale Hurdle at Chepstow.

It will be interesting to see which routes they all take now, how the owner’s top juveniles are split up, housed, as they are, with three different trainers.