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Right, So Paddy Power wanted a 10 to follow from me for the Jumps season and I thought about it a little bit and have decided to change it up a little.
Let’s face it, telling you Ballyburn and Galopin des Champs might win a race or two doesn’t take much work and is not going to help you an awful lot.
But just in case that’s what you want, here are 10 horses to follow: Ballyburn, Galopin des Champs, Sir Gino, Constitution Hill, State Man, El Fabiolo, Jonbon, Teahupoo, Il Est Francais, I Am Maximus.
However, if you want 10 horses to follow this season that (mostly) might not be at the top of your thoughts here they are.
1. The Kemble Brewery (Kim Bailey)
I suspect Bailey is going to have a cracking season very much helped by the arrival of Tom Bellamy as stable jockey. He’s on top of his game and improving all the time. The son of Blue Brasil made it two from three over hurdles when scoring at Ffos Las the other day having scored first time when I was working at Worcester. He had previously scored in a bumper at Cheltenham. I love this horse and suspect he might be the most talented in the Bailey yard.
2. Caldwell Potter (Paul Nicholls)
This is a more obvious candidate to do well this term. Cost a fortune at a dispersal sales in Ireland and it’s hard not to believe this six-year-old will do well. Arrived at Ditcheat in February and has always been seen as a chaser. Comes with classy hurdle form to his name but will need some cut in the ground to be seen at his best.
3. Centreofattention (Nicky Henderson)
Owned by JP McManus and landed what looked to me a fine bumper at Wincanton in January. Henderson says he has schooled well over hurdles and wherever he turns up he’s likely to take all the beating. Hard to know what his best trip is but he will probably start over 2m.
4. Jakar du Moulin (Paul Nicholls)
A five-year-old by Kapgarde who looked like he might be decent when landing a point to point at Belharbour early in the year. It was the same event that the very useful Fact to File took in the past and by all reports Nicholls thinks he might be very good. Goes hurdling shortly.
5. Jango Baie (Nicky Henderson)
Not a household name but already a talented performer who landed a Grade 1 last season over the smaller obstacles and ran well in defeat afterwards when under penalties. The Tiger Groom offspring is just the kind Henderson does so well with over fences and he’ll be winning plenty if all goes well.
6. Ballybow (Gordon Elliott)
Banged in a bumper at Sligo recently and while that might not have taken much winning I suspect he’s going to be pretty useful. Well bred by Flemensfirth and he’s already been placed in point-to-points so he hopefully will go over hurdles sooner rathe than later for Gigginstown.
7. Fortune de Mer (Dan Skelton)
Was beaten in a bumper at Cheltenham not so long ago but came there looking like a winner at one stage only to not quite go through with what he was promising. He’s clearly a bumper winner waiting to happen and is bred to go well over hurdles so there should be plenty to come.
8. Sir Gino (Nicky Henderson)
Yes, okay, everyone has heard of Sir Gino. But I had to put him in as he’s very exciting and it’s confirmed he’ll go novice chasing. Unbeaten in four starts, Sir Gino missed the Cheltenham Festival this year and wasn’t overly impressive for his Grade 1 success at Aintree. But I suspect he’s miles better than that and his destruction of Burdett Road in the Triumph Hurdle Trial was so good. He’s a star in the making and could be a real force in novice chases.
9. East India Dock (James Owen)
This son of Golden Horn was rated 90 at a peak on the Flat for James Fanshawe and was a fine winner at Goodwood in September over 2m. He won well on hurdling debut at Wincanton at the end of last month and should land plenty more races this season. Clearly he can step up in distance from the minimum over jumps at some stage if need be.
10. Queensbury Boy (Harry Derham)
Might just be the best horse in the Derham yard. The Irish Point winner, who cost £130,000, scored well on debut at Chepstow and then went to Punchestown and was second in a bumper there to Wingmen. You have to accept David Maxwell will be on top (love you David), but if getting over that I suspect this boy will be winning plenty of races and he could go right to the top. By Doyen out of a Westerner mare so bred to be decent and to stay well.
Have some fun with these people. Yeeehaaa!
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