jezki made his second appearance at the cheltenham festival in march 2013 when he started 5/1 second favourite for the supreme novices' hurdle. he appeared to be making progress when he made a mistake at the last hurdle and finished third behind champagne fever and my tent or yours. jezki and champagne fever met for the fourth time in the herald champion novice hurdle at the punchestown festival on 23 april. starting the 2/1 second favourite he overtook his main rival early in the straight and went clear of the field approaching the last, winning by sixteen lengths from ted veale, with champagne fever in third place.