Sir des Champs Profile

Sir des Champs is a Willie Mullins horse and one of the classic French racers that are currently in the Mullins stables. Sir des Champs is a five-year-old Bay Gelding with a big future in National Hunt racing.

This Willie Mullins horse was bred from French horses Robin Des Champs and Liste En Tete to provide perfect genes for a long and successful career in competitive National Hunt competition.

Sir des Champs' Record

Sir des Champs' record is very easy to look into because the horse has only ever raced in one race. Sir des Champs' record got off to a winning start over 16 furlongs at Navan on January 25 2011.

The first win in Sir des Champsí record displayed many characteristics that could come to define this horse in the months and years ahead. The win was secured by two and a half lengths in a field of eight.

Performance of Sir des Champs

The performance of Sir des Champs is that of a classic front running horse. In the only race this horse has run, the jockey pushed the animal right to the front of the pack for the entire 16 furlongs pushing on late in the race.

There are many benefits that can be drawn from this only performance of Sir des Champs. The horse clearly likes to control the pace of a race and have other front running horses to compete against.

Characteristics of Sir des Champs

There are many characteristics of Sir des Champs that have already been on display and can be monitored through the future of the horse. One of the best characteristics of Sir des Champs is that the horse seems to thrive on competition. Sir des Champs is much livelier when other horses are around. 

This raises serious questions over the behavioural characteristics of Sir des Champs but this is something that Willie Mullins is an expert in and something he can nurture. Any Willie Mullins horse can hardly be considered a troublesome maverick.

Reasons to be Wary with Sir des Champs

There are many reasons to be wary with Sir des Champs because the horse has virtually no career history to go on. This horse has only ever raced at Navan in professional competition. It's impossible to predict how the horse is going to behave and perform on some of the biggest and best racecourses in the United Kingdom.

One of the main reasons to be wary with Sir des Champs is because this horse has not been put under intense pressure by a high quality field. This is something that will definitely happen at the Cheltenham Festival in 2011 because few weak horses are entered in any of the races over the four days.

The fact this horse is still very young and raw is one of the good reasons to be wary with Sir des Champs. Things such as mistakes, knocks, ground variations and big crowds could all be factors that affect the performance of this horse.