Firstly to add more fuel with which to ridicule the Editor through the season I have been asked to give my rating on the picks in this hand book, so they will have a 1 to 5 star rating, 1being the lowest.
The classic lists have taken a shake up since the start of the season, as Coolmore and Godolphin have found Juddmone muscling in to the classic markets, and it will be interesting to see what Coolmore send to the 2000 Guineas as O’Brien has been casting doubts about the Lion In Winter being ready. Perhaps he is more of a Pussy Cat than a Lion, time will tell.
We have a bigger focus on handicaps with the amended scoring system and it will be interesting to see if it has the same effect as over jumps. I certainly changed my selection process a bit. Again it is nice to see a number of the decent 3 year olds staying in training at 4.
One thing I have noticed is that the all weather has given late developing 2 year olds opportunities , a few in here made debuts between mid October and December.
The 3 year old sprint division looks ultra competitive so we have plenty to look forward to, in total, 108 different horse’s ! 41 are covered.
Good luck to all
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