I was going to list five horses to follow during the jumps season but have opted instead for quality over quantity, plus there are plenty of horses being thrown about everyday to follow so sticking with just the one may prove easier.
The horse in question, who I mentioned way back in the spring, is the four-year-old, Light Yield.
Trained by Lucy Wadham, which should help its price throughout the season being from a small yard, this progressive hurdler signed off for last season with a superb second in an open handicap hurdle at Cheltenham in April. The form of that event has real strength in depth and featured in the Top Of The Form chart, while the likes of the third, King's Revenge, was a cracking third in the Greatwood Hurdle last week.
Already a winner over two and a quarter miles, Light Yield ran on strongly that day at Cheltenham and will definitely improve back over further.
He is very well treated and is one to side with in handicaps throughout the season.
I mentioned a few weeks back that the Guardian may be running a competition to win copies of the jumps book - for anyone yet to purchase it - which should be running on the website from Monday (Nov 24).
I'll be back early next week with updates, in the meantime my daily fancies can be viewed on the Daily Dust website.
Saturday, 22 November 2008
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Dave,
You may recall me mentioning that Maiden race at Salisbury in the past. The 2007 winner being Look Here which went on to win the Oaks at 33/1. It isn't mentioned in the flat edition of the book but was mentioned in the booklets that were published via Racing Ahead magazine.
There are also several races that were in the booklets but are not mentioned in the new jumps version of the book. Two of which are the h'cap chase and h'cap hurdle at the Grand National meeting. Both are over 2m 4f.
I still follow the winners of those races and was rewarded today when Endless Power won at Aintree at 11/1. Glad to say I did it on Betfair at 14s.
Perhaps it would be worth putting these races in future editions of the book.
Once again thanks for the hard work.
Julio
Julio,
Glad to hear you backed Endless Power at 11/1, well done for keeping the faith and following the method. My good friend Mark Coton is a big believer in methods as the good ones usually stand the test of time.
I'll be keeping a note of Ouster from the Salisbury maiden next season as well despite losing at Newmarket - poor ride in my opinion.
The majority of races in the Future Trends book were small races that weren't prestige enough to make the current books, which focus on the major races.
The Future Trends method was purely about following winners from any race wih a profitable history. The current trends book offers that option, but also the choice to 'lay' winners of big races in future if the race has a poor history.
However, I still update a list of all the minor races in which the winners should be followed, and believe me I have plans for them to appear in the media at some stage, possibly soon, so keep an eye out.
Best, David
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