'She never saw a rival' - Three future stars for Henry de Bromhead Henry de Bromhead is one of Ireland’s top trainers and one of few to have won all of the Cheltenham Festival’s big four races. Opposing Willie Mullins is never an easy task but De Bromhead and Gordon Elliott are always his biggest rivals. The County Waterford-based trainer is going through a lean spell but that probably won’t last long and he has plenty of promising young horses to look forward to. Several have already been out this season and there should be plenty more to come. Here we take a look at three very exciting young horses who could be superstars of the future and they are well worth keeping an eye on in the coming weeks and months. Echoing Silence Henry de Bromhead thinks a lot of this mare and she won a Down Royal bumper in good style in March. Making all the running that day, she never saw a rival and scored by a comfortable margin of two-and-a-half lengths. The runner-up boosted the form by winning impressively at Downpatrick on her next start. She had her first outing over hurdles at Cork last month and got the job done with loads in hand. Darragh O’Keeffe had her prominent throughout and she pulled clear approaching the last, going on to score by four lengths. Echoing Silence was due to run in a Listed contest at Punchestown this week but that meeting fell foul of the weather. Connections should be able to find a similar event for her and a follow-up success could be on the cards. This mare has a bright future. Mister Pessimistic Impressive Loughanmore point-to-point winner Mister Pessimistic is unbeaten in two starts under rules and a step up in grade should be on the agenda sooner rather than later. He won a Listowel bumper on his rules debut and the form has worked out well. He got the better of Saint Clovis by a comfortable margin that day, and the runner-up has since gone on to win a Listed contest at Cheltenham while the third has won over hurdles. Regaining the lead with two furlongs to go, De Bromhead’s gelding saw his race out well. Mister Pessimistic renewed his rivalry with Grey Jude, who was behind him in third at Listowel, when starting off over hurdles at Cork last month. He kept on well to score by just shy of three lengths, despite being a little too keen in the early stages. Leopardstown could be next for the son of Westerner and although the Mullins battalions will pose a major threat, De Bromhead’s four-year-old has shown enough ability to suggest he can compete in graded company. The Big Westerner This mare showed plenty as a novice hurdler last term and her trainer is convinced that she’s a star in the making. The strong staying six-year-old won a Grade 2 novice hurdle at Limerick over the Christmas period and she saw the trip out very well. More was to come at the Cheltenham Festival next time, however, and she ran a screamer to finish second behind Jasmin De Vaux in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle. Having finished second on her chasing debut at the weekend, there should be loads more to come over fences.
