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Here are the Top 20 qualifiers for Sunday 1 November:

1.55 Lingfield, Toballa
3.05 Lingfield, Fantasy Explorer
3.40 Lingfield, Titus Gent

Nice to see a return to form from the Top 20 with those qualifiers around the 8/1 or shorter mark this week returning a profit - more about that approach on the new site - including my RFO nap, Daraz Rose, on Friday.
That puts me 'just' £18 behind Dave Nevison in the naps table so I need to pull a 20-1 out the hat next week! I may have had a better chance but for recording the most non-runners.

Website update - Part VIII !!!!!

The website developers showed me the amendments on Friday and it looked very polished. Content will now be added over the weekend before the launch button can be pressed on Monday - it then takes 24-48 hours to go live so it should be accessible around Wednesday.

The trends races will be available on pdf files via Adobe software that is free to download. I suggest anyone without this software should download it now to save time once the site is live - Adobe can be downloaded for free at
http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/
(It took 15 minutes when I dowloaded it)

Thanks again for your patience, in the meantime, here are the jumps trends.

Trends

Wetherby

WEST YORKSHIRE HURDLE

WINNER’S PROFILE
 All 13 winners emerged from the first four in the betting.
 12 were aged six to 10-years-old – experience helped as young, second-season hurdlers struggled.
 12 scored at Class 2 level or higher.
 11 had been off the track around five months or longer and were last seen at a Grade 1 venue – the last four arrived via Aintree. The two exceptions with a recent outing came via the Flat.
Pettifour last year became the fifth winner to lump a penalty for a Graded victory, and was also trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies’ second winner in three years.

FUTURE POINTERS This early season staying hurdle has improved in terms of quality in recent times, attracting two past World Hurdle winners in the last four renewals, although it hasn’t provided much of a springboard for the future. Only two winners managed to follow-up after Wetherby – both six and seven-year-olds – in the Long Distance Hurdle and Elite Hurdle, while eight failed in the former event at Newbury, and five flopped in the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot.

Were West Yorkshire Hurdle winners profitable to follow on their subsequent three runs?
No – 6 wins from 37 runs returned a loss of -£23.85 to a £1 level stake.
Cheltenham Festival record: 0 win from 8 runs – all eight were unplaced.

Runners-up next three runs: 6 wins from 32 runs returned a loss of -£15.47 to a £1 level stake.
2006 My Way De Solzen – Cheltenham Grade 2 Novice Chase
2003 Royal Emperor – Towton Novices’ Chase
1996 What A Question – Long Distance Hurdle, Christmas Hurdle
Cheltenham Festival record: 1 win from 7 runs
2006 My Way De Solzen ► Arkle Chase (1st)
2003 Royal Emperor ► Royal & SunAlliance Chase (2nd)

Third-placed next three runs: 2 wins from 12 runs returned a profit of +£50.00 to £1 levels (50/1 on the Flat).
Cheltenham Festival record: 0 win from 3 runs – all three were unplaced.


CHARLIE HALL CHASE

WINNER’S PROFILE
 All 13 winners scored over 3m, including seven course and distance winners,
 12 had a minimum of 11 career chase runs.
 12 were seven to 10-years-old.
 11 returned 6/1 or shorter.
 10 made their seasonal reappearance, while two of the three to have already raced made the top two.
A total of nine had their final stop at Aintree, Ayr or Cheltenham.
Those either unpenalised or with a Grade 1 penalty have a good record – avoid Grade 2and 3 penalty carriers.
Howard Johnson, Paul Nicholls and Nigel Twiston-Davies all trained two winners.

FUTURE POINTERS This Grade 2 is one of Wetherby’s highlights of the year, but an event that has had less of an impact for the season ahead since the turn of the century with only Grey Abbey in the last eight years going on to record any significant victories – three runners-up performed marginally better (see below).
Compare this to the previous five years from 1996 to 2000 when four Charlie Hall victors scored soon after Huntingdon, including two winners of the King George VI Chase, and it can only be hoped that a future star emerges from here soon to boost this historic race.

Were Charlie Hall Chase winners profitable to follow on their subsequent three runs?
No – 9 wins from 38 runs returned a loss of -£12.70 to a £1 level stake.
Cheltenham Festival record: 1 win from 10 runs.
1997 One Man ► Queen Mother Champion Chase (1st)
2006 Our Vic ► Ryanair Chase (2nd)

Runners-up next three runs: 3 wins from 30 runs returned a loss of -£7.67 to a £1 level stake.
2006 Neptune Collonges – Rehearsal Chase
2005 Kingscliff – Betfair Chase
2003 Marlborough – Racing Post Chase
Cheltenham Festival record: 0 win from 6 runs.
2004 Sir Rembrandt ► Gold Cup (3rd)

Third-placed next three runs: 1 win from 12 runs returned a profit of +£5.00 to a £1 level stake.
2002 Gingembre – Hennessy Gold Cup
Cheltenham Festival record: 0 win from 3 runs – all three were unplaced.