Ratings Update: Reaction to Mystical Power, Grey Dawning and more

Willie Mullins has won the Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle with some top talents, including the likes of Vautour, Douvan, Min and Impaire Et Passe, and Mystical Power (143p from 131P) also looks like an exciting prospect following his comfortable success at Punchestown on Sunday.

Mystical Power boasts a superb pedigree being by Galileo and out of Champion Hurdle winner Annie Power and he has clearly inherited a good chunk of ability. He was only workmanlike when winning a Ballinrobe bumper on debut in May but was more impressive when bursting clear on his hurdling debut at Galway in July and he took another big step forward on his return to action in Sunday's Grade 2. Mystical Power wasn't always fluent over his flights, showing that he's not the finished article so early in his career, but the ease with which he settled matters on the approach to the final flight was impressive and he scored with plenty in hand, passing the post seven lenghs clear of Jigoro.

That earned Mystical Power a Timeform rating of 143p, which puts him towards the top of a division headed by Caldwell Potter (147p), and he is capable of raising his level again when the situation demands it.

Mystical Power had initially been declared for the Lawlor's of Naas Novice Hurdle the previous weekend, but after that contest was postponed until Friday he was sent to Punchestown instead. His trainer, Willie Mullins, still enjoyed a one-two-three at Naas with outsider of the party Readin Tommy Wrong (139p from 121p) showing much-improved form to overhaul the favourite, Ile Atlantique (139 from 136p), with the pair seven and a half lengths clear of Lecky Watson (134 from 134p).

Dual bumper winner Readin Tommy Wrong had been made to work hard to win on his hurdling debut at Cork but he proved a different proposition up in trip at Naas, rallying well after losing momentum at the last to prevail by a neck. He's entitled to go on improving and it's hard to knock a horse unbeaten in four starts under Rules, but others in the division have earned a higher rating.

Readin Tommy Wrong's win provided a form boost for Lisnagar Fortune (127p from 121) - who had pushed him so close at Cork - and the half-brother to Cheltenham Festival winner Lisnagar Oscar progessed again to get off the mark at Punchestown on Sunday. He was pressed entering the straight but stuck to his task well to ultimately run out a comprehensive winner, leaving the impression there could still be more to come, including over two and a half miles. He's already had four runs over hurdles so is eligible for major handicaps.

There was a significant performance in the novice chase division at Warwick on Saturday as Grey Dawning (158 from 152p) slammed his rivals in the Hampton Novices' Chase to mark himself out as a serious contender for the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. Grey Dawning had the race run to suit with Apple Away and Broadway Boy taking each other on, but it was still impressive how well he jumped and travelled before powering 14 lengths clear, thoroughly seeing out the three-mile trip in a well-run race on testing ground. That earned Grey Dawning a Timeform rating of 158, which identifies him as the highest-rated novice chaser in Britain, while only Il Est Francais (160P) and Marine Nationale (159p) have achieved a higher figure in the division.

There was also a Grade 2 novice chase at Wetherby as the Towton took place three weeks earlier than usual and over a shorter trip. Only four went to post but there was a good finish between the market principals with Colonel Harry (147 from 147p) not needing to improve on the form he had shown when runner-up in the Henry VIII Novices' Chase to beat Trelawne (145 from 141) by a length and three-quarters. He may have been pushed harder, though, had the runner-up raced more efficiently and not almost veered off the track at halfway.

At Kempton there was a strong edition of the Silviniaco Conti Chase which featured four Grade 1 winners among the five-runner field. Banbridge (166 from 159) was a bit rusty in the jumping department on his return to action, but he found a good leap when he needed one at the last, taking it more fluently than the runner-up, Pic d'Orhy (165 from 163), which helped him to assert and get the verdict by a length and three-quarters. Banbridge is behind only Allaho in the betting for the Ryanair Chase and, among the likely runners, it's a similar story on Timeform ratings. He took very well to chasing last season and is an upwardly-mobile sort.