MANY of the most high-profile winners over the Christmas period have been reviewed here previously, but one of those coming to the fore for the first time is Sizing John, the four-year-old who won the Grade 1 Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown.

All of his starts have been over two miles, and although out of the frame in a pair of bumpers late last season, he made a winning debut over hurdles at Navan in early November, and was runner-up at Gowran Park before his six and a half length defeat of Sub Lieutenant on Saturday.