Tote Ten To Follow (jumps) 2023/2024

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Week 16 update (for the 2nd time believe it or not)

Yes, I did indeed do this summary earlier, fell asleep
and restarted the laptop without saving any of it. Fortunately
the gist of the week was that, understanably, nobody scored
anything it being the week before Cheltenham.

I did have a run through of the start of the week and it was
most amusing to the extent that even Chezza would have approved.
Here is the whittled down less amusing 2nd take.

The Mullins/De Bromhead/Elliot cartel have got a hold of the opener,
the Supreme Novices Hurdle, by the short and curlies according to
the bookies. I can’t agree and I don’t know why Jeriko Du Reponet
got such a bad press after his latest run at Doncaster. He beat
2 horses (going away at the end) the 2nd who won a Grade 2 next time
out with the 3rd being the runner-up. Mystical Power aside, he’s the
only unbeaten horse in the race. 8/1? That’ll do for me.

The Arkle is a toughie, but I think Quilixios has the class to pull
this off. So that’s that.

The Ultima. When are they going to realise that Highland Hunter is not
an 11 year old has-been. He might not win, but at 50/1 I reckon you’ll
get a run for your money and if he were to get into the Grand national (unlikely)
he would be the perfect type. Yes, I’ve got his photo on my bedside cabinet

Champion Hurdle- Tie State Man’s back legs together and you’ll reduce how far
he wins by about 10 lengths. Could a 12 year old win this race? in short, no.
However Not So Sleepy is a freak of nature and with 8 in the race I think 40/1
is massively over priced and a better bet E/W than State Man.

In the Mares’ Hurdle Willie has the odds on shot again with Lossiemouth. She
looks terrific and has a real kick at the end of a race, and that’s why I think
that the extra 3 furlongs that she’s never been might blunt that finishing speed.
Marie’s Rock, with the ground conditions and the fact she can do 3m will be a huge
asset in a race that should be run at a good pace. She’s 16/1 and my mate Jac thinks
she’s the bees knees, so that will do for me

Boodles Juvenile Handicap – I reckon this is the toughest card of the day. If you fancy
something, you’ve got as good a chance as the next man, or woman. I’ve watched them all
and although it was in a lesser league than this I was impressed by Latin Verse. It seems
I’m not alone as he’s been hammered down from 20s. The best on offer at the moment is 14/1
with Bet365, so I’ve had some of that.

The getting out stakes, or lucky last depending on your view happens to be my favorite race
of the day, not least because I’ve got Apple Away at 25/1 (as mentioned in Neil’s Cheltenham Compy).
She’s 8/1 which I still think is good value now that they are down to 7 runners.

So that’s the 1st day done, it’s as simple as that (hopefully).

Enjoy the first day, and hopefully maybe we might catch one or two. And most of all,
no empty horseboxes going back to the stable.

No change in the league but I’ll copy it out anyway. Good luck this week

1
Red Jumpers 1
493.40
2
FF91
489.00
3
Moley Racing
473.40
4
Madison Wonderland
462.60
5
Edantony
450.06
6
Jas’s Jumpers
439.27
7
Michael Walsh
436.32
8
Green’s gallopers
432.97
9
Goodfellow
429.95
10
Man Superstars
426.67
11
Just mullin along
389.77
12
Dark Angels
374.37
13
Back jumping
364.99
14
Its A Brave Mans Game
363.24
15
Sultans Of Swing
350.58
16
No More Bets
334.52
17
Yellowbog Stables
332.45
18
Galaxy’s One and Only
332.00
19
Inthestream5
330.41
20
Early Starters
330.25
21
Gaelic Warrior Bread
315.00
22
Tó Madeira
309.48
23
Hinton In the Hedges
296.38
24
Onthebridle
289.66
25
Numpty Plays The Jumps (List One)
262.77
26
Rays Rockets
246.50
27
CrownJools
243.95
28
Bourne Losers
238.62
29
Hoy’s Boys and Ladies
215.00
30
The Maple Stirrups
130.32
31
Barrow Raiders
70.15

[FinalFurlong91]

Just looked and somehow I am 12th out of the 3000+ free stable entries

Even with shiskin throwing away the king george and el fabiolo the champion chase (though I imagine that was irrelevant as everyone will have picked him)

Teahupoo and vega win tomorrow I may even break the top 10

I’m getting a nose bleed

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That is some going FF, very best of luck mate I’d love to see you pull
it off, you’d be a TRF Legend

[FinalFurlong91]

I also just looked at the paid list

Somebody called Henry Potter entered 650+ times

No idea how many he actually did that was the highest number I could see on his teams near the top

Let’s hope he doesn’t win the psycho

Had shiskin not slipped in the King george I do believe I’d be top of the free one as that would’ve been 50+ points and I’m 48 behind. Perhaps best he didn’t to avoid the inevitable dissapointment. Though I’m not sure if you even win anything in the free one.

Could get interesting though if jonbon and shiskin win at Aintree can’t imagine too many above me have both of them.

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Unfortunately that’s what you’re up against FF. Individuals,
or conglomerates with wads of cash that buy big into the competition
with permetations of the best horses, and some they have got wind
of on the sly. Sitting at 13 right now is outstanding for a single
entry. You’re less than 50 points behind the Free Stable entries
leader and still in there with a shout.

Very best of luck

[FinalFurlong91]

It does seem unless you are willing to put down 200 entries there’s probably not much point in paying to have a go

Happy to just stick with the free one for a bit of fun

[John Gooch]

Hello to everyone

With reference to FinalFurlong91. This is not something
that is new it goes back more years than I care to remember.

The old Tote in the 1990’s started the option to have more
than one entry and in those days there was not the option
of a Free League. I agree that for most of us it is a bit
of fun to use your words.

What will be interesting is what happens if there is a Flat competition
this season, in terms of the number of entries.
The present jumping season attracted a much smaller number of entries
than before.

before, and the Flat was always for various reasons less attractive than the
jumpers.

All the best for the future

than the jumpers for various reasons.

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Week 17 and 18

Apologies for this being a 2 weeker. Not been the best fortnight for me
including a hospital stay I could have done without. Anyway, here we are,
Cheltenham has come and gone and the league has been more than a little
disrupted.

FF91 has built a fabulous stable, enabling him to jump to the head of the
queue in the TRF league with 6 winners at Cheltenham, and also risen to 13th
overall in the Free League. Superb stuff FF. His super 6 were Galopin Des
Champs, State Man, Fact To File, Teahupoo and Ballyburn. A tally of 756.70
was enough to jump to top spot. Great Cheltenham FF, I hope you made a killing

Madison Wonderland hit a 5 timer at Cheltenham and jumps 2 places to 2nd
has the leader clearly in his sites with Galopin Des Champs, State Man,
Gaelic Warrior, Fact To File and Teahupoo all bringing MW a total of 728.78
points. Less than 30 points behind and with Aintree yet to come it’s going
to be tight at the top.

I would have put money on it that twice previous winner Man Superstars would
make a late run, and he’s done just that with the biggest move in the top 10,
from 10th to 3rd spot with 330 points over the Festival. He knows how to win
this and he’s riding on the crest of a wave up to 715.15 points. I expected
no less from you MS, terrific Festival with Galopin Des Champs, State Man,
Fact To File, Teahupoo, Protectorat (I hope you were on that one at 17/2)
and an additional 14.10 points for Gerri Columbe’s brave run in the Gold
Cup. Any idea where he is going next MS, I would have thought they might
have a tilt at the National. He certainly wasn’t stopping going up the
hill over 3m 2 1/2f at Cheltenham. Top mover and top scorer of the week

Jas’s Jumpers picked off a couple when taking 4th spot with a nap hand
of GDC, State Man, Gaelic Warrior, Fact To File and Ballyburn. Jas
also had the runner-up in the Gold Cup Gerri Columbe for a total of
697.20 points. Hope you had those 5 in an acc Jas, that would have
been a nice return. Well done.

Moley Racing drops down a couple of places without doing a lot wrong.
GDC, State Man, Gaelic Warrior and Fact To File would normally be a
pretty decent score bar some guys hitting the jackpot. Definitely
not out of it MR, only 30 points off the podium with a few weeks to go.

When I last posted before Cheltenham, Red Jumpers was leading the charge,
and although RJ had a very decent run with GDC, State Man, Ballyburn and
Lossiemouth they couldn’t keep the pack at bay and slid to 6th place. A
total of 654.83 points nevertheless does keep them in the hunt. Best of
luck RJ.

Goodfellow jumps 2 to 7th spot with Cheltenham winners GDC, State Man,
Gaelic Warrior and Protektrat for a total of 652.36 I’m not seeing many
Grand National horses so far in the leaders, could give someone an outside
chance. About 100 points behind the leader Goodfellow, I reckon you’ll
have to hit a couple of big ones to get up there. It’s a very decent
stable you have (I wish I had it) Best of luck

Edantony, despite having 3 winners, GDC, State Man and Teahupoo as winners
and Gerri Colimbe (2nd) at the Festival drops 3 places to 8th with a total
of 636.62 points.

Sultans Of Swing certainly had a good Cheltenham. The Sultans were another
with a nap hand of winners, GDC, State Man, Fact To File, Teahupoo and
Protektorat. Another late charge from 15th to 9th with a total of 624.96
points. Welcome to the top 10 Sultans.

The final top 10 place goes to Gaelic Warrior Bread, who sits on 608.03
points. I’ve just clocked that GWB has made an incredible run from 21st
to 10th spot. He gets there with no less than a 6 Timer
GDC, State Man, Gaelic Warrior, Fact To File, Ballyburn and Lossiemouth.
That little lot was worth just over 300 points. Great Cheltenham GWB, you
must have skinned the bookies with that lot. Extremely well done.

Well that’s the top 10, I suspect the winner may come from there, but as
they say it’s never over till the lady of rotund proprtions sings.

I’m quite glad I’ve got Delta Work, who I bet last year in the National,
he was travelling quite nicely until Keith Donaghue came over the 21st
just about up with the leaders when he jumped but got bumped by a horse
on his left knocking him into the horse on his right and Keith Donoghue
departed. I reckon at at 33/1 he has as good a chace as anything.

This Saturday the horse I’ve waited for is Onesmoothoperator. He’s
down for 2 races on Saturday but the 1m2f is way too short for him.
I reckon he has to go for the All Weather Championships Marathon
H’cap over 2m at Newcastle. I thnk he’s been screaming out for 2m.
He’s 14/1 accross the boards which I reckon is fairly decent. I’ve
taken that but I’ll keep a check on the markets.

So that’s your lot and best wishes if you have a punt this weekend,
I don’t think the stables will change at all.

Here are the points from the TTTF (jumps) site

1
FF91
1
756.70
2
Madison Wonderland
728.78
3
Man Superstars
715.15
4
Jas’s Jumpers
697.20
5
Moley Racing
686.13
6
Red Jumpers 1
654.83
7
Goodfellow
652.36
8
Edantony
636.62
9
Sultans Of Swing
624.96
10
Gaelic Warrior Bread
608.03
11
Green’s gallopers
601.08
12
Just mullin along
591.65
13
Michael Walsh
556.03
14
Dark Angels
521.88
15
Early Starters
500.16
16
Back jumping
484.48
17
Its A Brave Mans Game
482.95
18
Galaxy’s One and Only
480.68
19
Yellowbog Stables
469.10
20
No More Bets
444.12
21
Rays Rockets
431.84
22
Hinton In the Hedges
430.33
23
Inthestream5
383.52
24
Bourne Losers
374.45
25
Tó Madeira
365.49
26
Numpty Plays The Jumps (List One)
360.47
27
CrownJools
349.56
28
Onthebridle
342.16
29
Hoy’s Boys and Ladies
267.50
30
The Maple Stirrups
172.44
31
Barrow Raiders
100.35

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Just to clear up a little mistake I made when I mentioned Onesmoothoperator.
I said he was running on Saturday, he is in fact running today (Friday).
Also, it shows what I know, he’s entered in the 1m2f race at 4.10 at
Newcastle. I must admit I’m baffled why he’s gone for this race instead
of the 2m race ealier in the day. My antipost bet is shot to pieces and
I can’t not have go with him as I’d feel an idiot if he wins and I haven’t
had a punt. I’m not as confident in the race he runs in, I think he’ll
be running on well at the finish, but they might just get away from him.
I’ve grabbed the 33/1 e/w with Bet365 which is still available as I write
this. It’s a funny old game

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Week 19 Update

No change with The leaders, in fact you have to go to number 30
in the league for the one and only scorer of the week

It’s well done to The Maple Stirrups who picked a very interesting
novice in the shape of Mirazur West who took it up after the 2nd last
at Fairyhouse last wednesday and there was only going to be one winner
after that. It’s a McManus horse that’s very much worth keeping an eye
on. Still 30th, but you’ve copped the lot this week TMS, only winner and
top marks, 24.20 points. Giving you a boost to 196.64. Excellent stuff

As for the week ahead, I think it’s going to be a case of stand by your
beds as I dont forsee any moves this weekend. Kelso is a cracking wee course
with a decent enough few races, their big race is the is the £51,000 to the
winner mares’ Novices H’cap Hurdle. it doesn’t get more exciting than that.
Goon luck anyway if you are having a punt.

Here are the scores as per the TTTF (jumps) competition

1
FF91
756.70
2
Madison Wonderland
728.78
3
Man Superstars
715.15
4
Jas’s Jumpers
697.20
5
Moley Racing
686.13
6
Red Jumpers 1
654.83
7
Goodfellow
652.36
8
Edantony
636.62
9
Sultans Of Swing
624.96
10
Gaelic Warrior Bread
608.03
11
Green’s gallopers
601.08
12
Just mullin along
591.65
13
Michael Walsh
556.03
14
Dark Angels
521.88
15
Early Starters
500.16
16
Back jumping
484.48
17
Its A Brave Mans Game
482.95
18
Galaxy’s One and Only
480.68
19
Yellowbog Stables
469.10
20
No More Bets
444.12
21
Rays Rockets
431.84
22
Hinton In the Hedges
430.33
23
Inthestream5
383.52
24
Bourne Losers
374.45
25
Tó Madeira
365.49
26
Numpty Plays The Jumps (List One)
360.47
27
CrownJools
349.56
28
Onthebridle
342.16
29
Hoy’s Boys and Ladies
267.50
30
The Maple Stirrups
196.64
31
Barrow Raiders
100.35

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Just a reminder that tomorrow is the final furlong. We will
know the winner after racing at Aintree finishes.

With one day to go, it’s that man I warned you about that’s
taken the lead. Yes it’s Man Superstars, double previous winner
going for the hat-trick after a great start at Aintree with
Gerri Columbe and Impaire Et Passe.

FF91 with a blank week so far has to sit on MS’s shoulder.

Jas’s Jumpers takes 3rd place with Gerri Columbe.

It’s just a mini who’s at the top, we’ll just need to sit tight
and see where the money goes tomorrow.

All the best on the last 2 days

Here is where we sit on the Friday.

1
Man Superstars
823.40
2
FF91
756.70
3
Jas’s Jumpers
752.15
4
Madison Wonderland
728.78
5
Goodfellow
705.66
6
Edantony
691.57
7
Moley Racing
686.13
8
Sultans Of Swing
678.26
9
Michael Walsh
664.28
10
Gaelic Warrior Bread
661.33
11
Red Jumpers 1
654.83
12
Dark Angels
605.13
13
Green’s gallopers
601.08
14
Back jumping
592.73
15
Just mullin along
591.65
16
Its A Brave Mans Game
591.20
17
Early Starters
553.46
18
Galaxy’s One and Only
535.63
19
Yellowbog Stables
522.40
20
No More Bets
500.27
21
Numpty Plays The Jumps (List One)
443.72
22
Rays Rockets
431.84
23
Hinton In the Hedges
430.33
24
Tó Madeira
418.79
25
CrownJools
402.86
26
Inthestream5
383.52
27
Bourne Losers
374.45
28
Onthebridle
342.16
29
Hoy’s Boys and Ladies
320.80
30
The Maple Stirrups
251.59
31
Barrow Raiders

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Well the witching hour has come and gone so I can noww officially name
the winner and runner up of the competition (albeit I could have done
after the Aintree) but rules is rules.

What can I say, and I did warn you Mike (Man Superstars) has gone for the
hat-trick and stuck the third one into the roof of the net. Superb effort Mike,
you know how to put together a winning stable. Well won mate

FF91 (Final Furlong91) You were the fav right up until Mike pulled the rug
from under your feet at the 11th hour. Brillient run though and congratulations
on the runner-up spot

So many good stables this year and the lead changed many times as I expected it
would. Well that’s the jumps gone this year, they seem to come round so much
quicker now

If Mike you can contact me on PM with you Account name, account number and
sort code, I’ll get your well won 50 quid to you.

Final Furlong91, if you can do the same and I’ll ensure that John Gooch’s
award of 25 quid will be heading your way.

Many thanks to all who took part, it won’t be long until the flat version rears
it’s not so ugly head. Thanks all for playing. Here are the final scores as per
the TTTF (jumps) competition…..

1
Man Superstars
2
876.90
2
FF91
810.20
3
Jas’s Jumpers
805.65
4
Madison Wonderland
782.28
5
Goodfellow
759.16
6
Edantony
745.07
7
Moley Racing
739.63
8
Sultans Of Swing
731.76
9
Michael Walsh
717.78
10
Red Jumpers 1
708.33
11
Gaelic Warrior Bread
661.33
12
Green’s gallopers
654.58
13
Its A Brave Mans Game
647.50
14
Back jumping
646.23
15
Just mullin along
645.15
16
Early Starters
606.96
17
Dark Angels
605.13
18
Galaxy’s One and Only
589.13
19
Yellowbog Stables
539.20
20
No More Bets
506.97
21
Numpty Plays The Jumps (List One)
497.22
22
Tó Madeira
491.59
23
Inthestream5
437.02
24
Rays Rockets
431.84
25
Hinton In the Hedges
430.33
26
CrownJools
402.86
27
Bourne Losers
374.45
28
Onthebridle
363.46
29
Hoy’s Boys and Ladies
339.60
30
The Maple Stirrups
251.59
31
Barrow Raiders

[Mike007]

Thanks for running BigG.

[greenasgrass]

Well done Mike superstars they are! And FF too. Thanks as always BigG

[FinalFurlong91]

Congratulations on the win Mike

Getting pipped for the win kind of sums up my week at Aintree

The £25 will cover a bit if the losses

No beans on toast tonight

[Mike007]

Thanks all. Well done FF91 on the runner up spot and prize.

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Cheers guys, I hope to see you all at the impending TTTF (Flat) when the tote
get that one sorted out

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