TRF Ten To Follow 2024/25

[Venture to Cognac]

It might all be over bar the shouting, but the Wooden Spoon is still up grabs.

If Duffle Coat doesn’t win the 1505, then it’s down to Bill Baxter vs Sam Brown

The excitement is palpable here, you could cut the atmosphere with a knife.

Had this exact same situation with me and Rob last year, so I’m used to it. “Good Luck” Eezer

Edit
Sam Brown now a Non Runner. The more I look at Bill Baxter the more I like him too, and might actually bet him

[Eezer]

Haha, may the ‘best man win’ VtC

[Venture to Cognac]

FFS lol

Well done Eezer

[Eezer]

Unbelievable VTC, but at least you bet him, I ended up deserting him

[Venture to Cognac]

Well, all over for another year. Without a shadow of a doubt my favourite ever renewal of this, it’s been a great to see so many in contention, with the result only decided yesterday. Could’ve went so many different ways

The win of State Man yesterday obviously had a huge impact on the final standings, winning for loads of you, with Landafar getting the bonus points.

Tonge also scored yesterday, courtesy of her excellent pick Dinoblue

Eezer missed out on the wooden spoon, thanks to Bill Baxter, leaving me to pick it up. Not for the first time

Last winner was Lulamba for Landafar

Bill Baxter 38.10
Dinoblue 26.58
Golden Ace 12
Lulamba 27.10
State Man 53.25

On to the winners now

Our 24/25 Winner is EP1987. Very well done mate, and great to see you go one better than last year. Right there all the way, always in contention, and a late finishing burst. I’ve got Buckers and Euroalien as Standing Orders for each May, and looks like I might have to add you now

Very very unlucky to Gingertipster. Awesome list you had, and I don’t think you’ve been out the first four this year. Brilliant performance Mark

Picking up third is Goodfellow. Stalwart of the competition, and always dynamite in the comps too. Delighted to see you on the podium Hugh

Well done to Buckers for winning the Bonus Race Leaderboard. A dual winner of the main competition already, and now turning his hand to another prize. Well done Ron

Big words for those in behind too, not least Mike2084 who was there all the way, just running out of gas. So unlucky Mike

Fitting that Landafar had the last winner, as his Golden Ace was my favourite pick this year.

No question my favourite Ten though, and that went to TakeYourTime. Incredible stuff mate. I missed my usual battle at the bottom with Rob North this year, but he wiped the floor with me, and had an absolutely superb go at it too. Well done guys

Thanks as ever to you all for taking part, and as I say every year, huge thanks for those who donated their hard earned for the comp. It makes a huge difference

Many thanks to……

Big G

Cormack15

Dactylographer

Gladiateur

Greenasgrass

Inthestream

John Gooch

Kris

Landafar

Nathan Hughes

Rob North

SamD

On a serious note, Graham (BigG) has been an extraordinary contributor to the prize fund over the years, and obviously not on here for a few weeks. I wish him well.

Also, please let me know if I’ve missed anyone who contributed, as sometimes the payments into my accounts get me a bit confused.

Well done again to the winners, and I’ll be in touch hopefully tonight, tomorrow morning at latest

Leaderboard
1st £300
EP1987 914.51

2nd £50
Gingertipster 864.3

3rd £20
Goodfelllow 854.56

4th Mike007 835.56
5th Hot Fuss 826.01
6th Mike2084 811.51
7th Lemons68 808.52
8th Buckers 808.11
9th SamD 781.71
10th All Jeff 778.73

Nathan Hughes 769.73
GDC 749.13
Landafar 731.36
Euroalien 724.51
Cormack15 722.98
Marlingford 720.1
Mickeyjp 705.16
Red Rum 77 684.75
Inthestream 665.18
Kris 654.29
Gladiateur 615.21
Thehorsesmouth 593.86
Dactylographer 590.59
Illavim 568.47
Triptych 539.99
Waroftheroses 539.72
Autumnal 532.51
BigG 527.89
Greenasgrass 506.59
MarkTT 497.93
The Antepost King 468.29
John Gooch 449.49
Kendicate 440.4
Grey Desire 408.5
PeterH 389.05
Flyers Nap 359.03
Refuse to Bend 352.99
Tonge 332.17
TakeYourTime 292.2
He Didn’t Like Ground 292.01
Rob North 243.11
Steve75 160.29
Ten2Fan 104.3
Eezer 81.43
Venture to Cognac 64.22

Top Horses
Jonbon 168.25
Galopin Des Champs 167.18
Golden Ace 126
Marine Nationale 109
Lossiemouth 105.5
State Man 105.5
Fact To File 94
Croke Park 88.9
Brighterdaysahead 81.75
Gaelic Warrior 80.59
Pic D’Ohry 79.25
Found A Fifty 75.88
Caldwell Potter 73.04
Jasmin De Vaux 70.97
The New Lion 68.92
Dinoblue 68.18
Impaire Et Passe 66.03
Kopek Des Bordes 65.14
Majborough 65.1
Teahupoo 64.25
Bob Olinger 59
Inothewayurthinkin 58
Myretown 58
Victtorino 58
Jubilee Alpha 56.6
Hello Neighbour 56.38
Chasingouttheblues 55
The Jukebox Man 54.92
Potters Charm 54.75
Sir Gino 53.82
East India Dock 53.3
Constitution Hill 52.94
State Man 52.25
Grey Dawning 50.84
Salvator Mundi 46.04
Jasmin Des Vaux 43.34
Dinoblue 41.6
Burdett Road 41.5
Protektorat 41.34
Jurancon 39.25
Lulamba 38.9
Strong Leader 38.58
Bill Baxter 38.1
Ballyburn 37.81
Bill Joyce 36.67
Siog Geal 34.95
Charisma Cat 34.35
Lavida Adiva 34.25
Gidleigh Park 34
Gunsight Ridge 33.3
Go Dante 32
The Real Whacker 31
Il Etait Temps 30.7
Nick Rockett 30.5
Better Days Ahead 29.5
Tightenourbelts 29.13
Kargese 29
Chianti Classico 28.75
Dancing City 28.13
The Kalooki Kid 28
Steel Ally 27.4
Appreciate It 27
Kingston James 24.4
Hombre De Guerra 23.96
Saracen Beau 23
Regents Stroll 22.46
Monbeg Genius 21.95
Bertie’s Ballet 19.5
Sam Brown 19.34
Hyland 18
Cadell 17.88
Might I 16.5
Anzadam 16.1
Inthewaterside 14.63
Intense Approach 14.25
Legal Weapon 13
Hewick 12.38
Corbetts Cross 12
Diva Luna 12.25
Broadway Boy 12
Grangeclare West 12
Heart Wood I am Maximus 12
Il Est Francais 12
Jet Plane 12
Spillanes Tower 12
Stage Star 12
Quai De Bourbon 11.84
Maughreen 11.37

Bonus Race Leaderboard
1st £100
Buckers 623.27

EP1987 622.72
Gingertipster 582.72
Goodfellow 572.13
Hot Fuss 570.88
Lemons68 568.97
Marlingford 563.97
All Jeff 518.63
Mike007 517.22
SamD 517.22
Red Rum 77 483.93
Mike2084 482.8
Nathan Hughes 476.97
Mickeyjp 465.68
Kris 454.59
Gladiateur 453.72
GDC 453.51
Landafar 437.84
Inthestream 436.88
Thehorsesmouth 411.97
Cormack15 403.47
Euroalien 401.13
Greenasgrass 400.38
Kendicate 349.34
Illavim 348.84
BigG 320.25
Triptych 309.59
MarkTT 298.84
Waroftheroses 298.54
Dactylographer 297.26
Autumnal 276
Flyers Nap 235.75
John Gooch 195.75
The Antepost King 182.5
Tonge 179.18
Grey Desire 169.75
Refuse to Bend 145
He Didn’t Like Ground 128.75
Ten2Fan 71
PeterH 64.25
Steve75 24

Bonus Race Top Horses
Galopin Des Champs 167.18
Jonbon 115.29
Marine Nationale 109
State Man 105.5
Golden Ace 98.8
Fact To File 64.5
Teahupoo 64.25
Bob Olinger 59
Banbridge 58
Inothewayurthinkin 58
Gaelic Warrior 53.75
Brighterdaysahead 53.5
Pic D’Ohry 52.8
Lossiemouth 52.25
Grey Dawning 24
Broadway Boy 12
Burdett Road 12
Grangeclare West 12
Heart Wood 12
I Am Maximus 12
Il Est Francais 12
Protektorat 12
Spillanes Tower 12
Stage Star 12
Strong Leader 12

[Mike007]

Well done EP1987 on the win, and to the others in the money, and thanks VTC for running the comp for us.

[robnorth]

Well done EP1987 and to those up the top of the table in a hard fought contest.

My own competition tailed off a bit towards the end as I relaxed having avoided the ‘relegation zone’ quite comfortably. Previously unraced under NH Rules Chasingouttheblues did me proud and I had a Cheltenham Festival winner with Myretown which was a bit of a novelty, and he sluiced up which was ever better!

Thanks once against to VTC for the task of organising this competition which must tie up a fair amount of his time for 6 months of the year.

[Red Rum 77]

Well done to the winners EP, Ginger and Goodfellows. Also the Bonus Race leader Buckers which gives this competition an extra dimension.

Thanks for keeping score on this Bob (VTC) Couldn’t have been easy at times.

IT WAS FUN !!!

You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.

[Landafar]

Thanks for all of the hard work that you put into this VTC, its been great reading the write ups.

Well done to those that were in with a shout going into the last week and those who finished in to money well played.

[Nathan Hughes]

Well done EP and all those in the money
great competition
Thank you Vtc for all the hard work you put into this

Gaelic Warrior Gold Cup Winner 2026

[Refuse To Bend]

Well done EP and the two runner ups some great scoring. Well done Buckers topping the bonus leader board.
Top job VtC for running it and keeping tally of the runners and scoring

The more I know the less I understand.

[Illavim]

Well done EP and the other winners, superb stuff.
Huge thanks to VtC for all the hard work running the competition

[Eezer]

Well done to EP, and also Gingertipster and Goodfellow.

Great effort in running this VTC, so thank you for all that work

[greenasgrass]

Well done EP getting up in the shadow of the post, what a finish! Well the podium finishers and buckers too, some fab selections. I love seeing what everyone has picked and this is my favourite TRF comp. Thanks as always VtC it’s such a commitment to score all season especially during the likes of the Christmas racing and Cheltenham.

See you back here in the autumn

[Inthestream]

Well done to EP,Gingertipster and Goodfellow. Great picks !

Thanks once again Venture for your Trojan work throughout the season. As you say it was very competitive and keeping tabs on the scores can’t have been easy, what with other things in life going on (punting, pinting, fishing etc, not to mention the dishes, hoovering etc 🤣🤣) !! God help us through the damned Flat season now and roll on the next TTF !!

[Gladiateur]

Well done winners, and thanks, as always, to VTC for his sterling work.

See you all again in the autumn!

[Gingertipster]

Thanks for everyone’s praise. tbh I may have led for a while until the penultimate day, but didn’t really think I was that “unlucky”. For sure The Hill fell twice and Lossie once and Teahupoo was favourite for Aintree until a late withdrawl – all as short priced favourites in bonus races… But EP had those too and none were ever sure-fire winners going to the last like State Man (who I did not have). Now that was unlucky! EP Deserves to win this, especially as he was second last year. Maybe my turn next. LOL.

…And Buckers deserved to win the Bonus Race, Pic D’Orhy making the difference. He subbed out Caldwell Potter too! But for which I believe he would’ve beaten me for second in the main comp’!… And I’d immediately regretted not keeping Grey Dawning in my list (at the expense of) and not subbing out Gaelic Warrior… Only for Gaelic Warrior to turn up at 3m in the Bowl and score me a whole load of points in beating Grey Dawning and then won at Sandown as well. So I was lucky in many ways too.

Thanks again VTC, excellent comp’.

Value Is Everything

[Author]

Posts