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Friday, 10 May 2013

Top Ten Performances of the Jumps Season 2012 - 2013

Sol Power - Solwhit and Paul Carberry winning the Liverpool Hurdle in April.
Now may seem like somewhat of a strange time to be discussing the jumps season just gone given that we have now already had our first classics of the season but in order to properly cap off my coverage of the 2012-2013 national hunt season I need to put my top ten performances of the season out there.

We definitely enjoyed a vintage jumps season in 2012-2013 and many of the horses and jockeys that made it such an incredible six months feature in this countdown.

The majority of the entries are big race wins at the highest level but there are also a couple of performances from handicaps that could scarcely be believed as well as some visually stunning performances that may not have carried as much weight as some others form-wise.

Jockeyship also plays a factor in the ranking of some of these as we also saw some rides for the ages this season just gone in addition to all the equine talent that lit up the winter.

At the end of the day horse racing has always been, and always will be, a game of opinions and this list merely offers my opinion on just what the top ten performances of the 2012-2013 jumps season were.