National Hunt Ten To Follow 2014-2015

The Don - Festival winner Don Poli looks set for another big season.

As the 2014 flat turf season enters its twilight thought naturally is turning more and more towards the start of the national hunt season proper.

The coming jumps season has more hype around it than I can ever remember for a national hunt campaign and it might not be misplaced given the plethora of exciting jumpers we have to look forward to this year.

Once again I’m going to try and pick out ten horses that could be in for a big year over obstacles without throwing in the completely obvious ones, because we all know Faugheen’s going to win the Champion Hurdle right?

We’re not in totally under the radar dark horse territory here but in my national hunt ten to follow for 2014-2015 you’ll find ten horses that could be about to enjoy a fruitful season and keep us on the edge of our seat this winter in the process.

Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2014 Ante-Post Preview

Certain-ty? - Can Avenir Certain remain unbeaten in this year's Arc?

It’s been a while since I posted one of my dodgy tips, but after a busy few months with getting hitched and what not I’m back for an autumn campaign with an eye on Europe’s premier flat race.

For the second year in a row I will be lucky enough to be at Longchamp for this year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and as a result there’s rarely been a day I haven’t been checking the market for this year’s race.

With Arc Trials day coming up this Sunday and with the market having once again been shaken up following Sea The Moon’s pretty emphatic defeat at Baden-Baden at the weekend, now seemed a good time to highlight two horses I have already backed for the Arc but still remain worthy of a bet at their current prices given their current profile.

Rather than go through in great detail why the horses at the top of the market can’t win in my opinion, given this is an ante-post piece I’ll just give you my logic for the selections and a quick summary of the other main contenders…