2018 Flat Profile - Brundtland

Brundtland 3 y bb c Dubawi – Future Generation  (Peej

LIFETIME RECORD	RUNS		2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	OR	BEST TS	BEST RPR
Flat Turf	1	1	0	0	£6,469	£6,469	—	61	82
	1	1	0	0	£6,469	£6,469

One who falls in to the could be any thing category, he has just one run, winning a 1m 2f maiden at Newmarket last October by 1l from Making Miracles. He looks to stay well enough and has a Drby entry, so is obviously well regarded. He should certainly pick up some points this season.

Trainer C.Appleby

2018 Flat Profile - Addeybb

Addeybb  4 y ch g Pivotal – Bush Cat  ( Bob, Martin, Steve )

LIFETIME RECORD	RUNS		2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	OR	BEST TS	BEST RPR
Flat Turf	7	5	0	1	£152,029	£157,170	109	95	114
	7	5	0	1	£152,029	£157,170	—	—	—
Stakes	1	1	0	0	£56,710	£56,710	109

Has looked an extremely smart miler this season, and very much on an upward curve. Unraced at 2, he made his debut at Newbury last May in a 7f maiden, finishing 4^th, beaten 3 l by Almoreb, then a month later won a 1m maiden at Haydock by ½ l from Mutarabby. He followed up at Ascot in a 1m handicap in July, beating Juanito Chico a neck, then in August was 3^rd at Goodwood, in a 1m 2f handicap, beaten 2 ¾ l by Good Omen. He finished the season, winning the 1m 1f Cambridgeshire handicap at Newmarket by ½ l from Afaak.

He reappeared at Doncaster in March, winning the 1m Lincoln handicap by an impressive 2 ¾ l from Lord Glitters, then followed up in a 1m group 2 at Sandown beating Stormy Antarctic 2 ¾ l, again visually impressive. He should win plenty more races, but so far nearly all his wins have had the word soft in the going, and as a Pivotal, would not want a hot dry summer.

Trainer W. Haggas

2018 Flat - Scoring System

All races in the UK and Ireland, Group and listed races in France, Group races in rest of Europe and Turkey

Group 1 25 points,

Group 2 20

Group 3 15

Listed          12 ( Races run off set weight Bands)    

Handicaps   10 (Races run off a weight range , ie 0-90, and including handicaps with the word listed in the title)

            All other races     10

2018 Flat - Previous champs and chumps

Figures in brackets are point’s totals. 10 Horses were used up to jumps 99/2000 when we moved to 15.

From jump season 200/7 8 single picks get double points.

Hall Of Fame                              List Of Shame                            

Flat 1998   Steve

Flat 1999  Tony (276)            Spoon Bob (59)

Flat 2000 Bob    (497)           Spoon  Steve (105)

Flat 2001 Cod    (402)           Spoon  Cliff (99)

Flat 2000 John (794)            Spoon  Steve (259)

Flat 2003 Neil (601)             Spoon)  Steve) (229)

Flat 2004  John                    Spoon  Peej)

Flat 2005  Neil                      Spoon John  

Flat 2006 Neil (580)             Spoon Peej (224)

Flat 2007  Cliff 703             Spoon Martin 155    

Flat 2008  Cod 1019             Spoon  Steve

Flat 2009  Peej 874                Spoon Tony333

Flat 2010 Bob 958                  Spoon  John 456

Flat 2011 John967                Spoon    Steve    546

Flat 2012  Cod   881               Spoon    Peej   498

Flat 2013 Martin   778.5           Spoon   Bob   377

Flat 2014  Lee    1222.1             Spoon   Martin 443.1

Flat 2015  Cliff   1057.1            Spoon   Steve     340.8

Flat 2016   Bob   875.9             Spoon    Steve  328.1  

Flat 2017   Martin  821.2         Spoon Cod   184.5

Jumps Hall Of Fame                                     List Of Shame

Jumps 98/99 Cliff                        Spoon Steve

Jumps 99/00 Cliff(541)                Spoon Steve (182)

Jumps 00/01 Bob (387)                Spoon Lee  (198)

Jumps 01/02 Martin (512)          Spoon Steve (161)

Jumps 02/03 Lee (618)                Spoon Cod  (238)

Jumps 03/04 Neil( 661)               Spoon Steve (361)

Jumps 04/05 John (571)             Spoon Steve (166)

Jumps 05/06 John (571)             Spoon Cliff (180)     

Jumps 06/07 Lee 705                   Spoon  Cod  203

Jumps 07/08 Cliff 703                Spoon   John 322

Jumps 08/09 Lee 737                 Spoon   Tony 249

Jumps   09/10  Bob 983              Spoon    Neil 497

Jumps 10/11   Martin 750         Spoon   Peej 481

Jumps 11/12    Cod   698           Spoon Neil 441

Jumps 12/13  Neil                       Spoon Cliff 

Jumps 13/14  Peej, 842.6          Spoon  Cliff   400.2

Jumps 14/15 Tony 910.6      Spoon 327.8

Jumps 15/16   Neil                 Spoon Steve 545.4 

  Jumps   16/17 Lee 1061                 Spoon   Bob  645.8          

Jumps 17/18  Steve    1035.84          Spoon  Bob  510.9

2018 Flat - Editor's Peview

Well what a season we have in store, at present flat racing seems to get stronger as the big owners keep horses in training longer and re matches occur more often . The stayers division is a case in point, a few seasons ago, talk was of reducing the distance of the Cups to get more runners, now we have a classic contest between Order of St George and Big Orange resuming last years fantastic rivalry, with the young pretender in Stradavarius, and French stalwart Vazirabad, sure to give us more tremendous entertainment. Then we have Enable and Cracksman heading the 4 year olds. Godolphin are starting to challenge the Coolmore domination since spreading their horses round more trainers, and are well represented here this season,  and with horses such as Harry Angel and Battash, also staying in training , we have an exciting summer ahead in the sprint division as well.

On the Godolphin front, there is a lot of unhappiness in that operation over Charlie Appleby’s out shining Bin Suroor, and that is reflected here as Appleby has a number of picks, and I am not aware of one from the Suroor  yard, though I have not been through them all.

Trends are always interesting and Willie Haggas has been knocking on the door of top trainers for a while and Martin has picked up a couple from his yard, and we have a 114  different horses overall, and an incredible 92 of those are single picks,  so good luck to all

Regards

The Editor

2017/18 Boozypunter Horse of the Season

Congratulations to...

Footpad

who notched four wins and earned 286.6 points in the process - over 100 more than its nearest rival.

A single pick for Tony, Footpad didn't look an obvious choice after following round the likes of Petit Mouchoir, Buveur D'Air and Unowhatimeanharry over hurdles the previous season.

Willie Mullins' charge was ready for the bigger obstacles though and Footpad, under Daryl Jacob, clocked up a facile win at odds on at Navan just before our competition started.

The first scoring effort was at Leopardstown on Boxing Day. Odds on again and with Paul Townend in the saddle this time. 78 points were landed with the Editor noting "led before 3 out, went on approaching straight, stayed on well from before last, winning impressively by 13l".

Footpad was back out at Leopardstown at the start of February for the Irish Arkle and landed a comfortable odds on win against old rival Petit Mouchoir among others despite "a slight mistake at the last". That was another 70+ points haul for Tony.

It was on to Cheltenham next, Ruby Walsh with the ride this time in the Arkle. The Editor had yet to be completely convinced of Footpad's claims, tipping up Petit Mouchoir. Perhaps if that horse hadn't set off at breakneck pace with Saint Calvados then Footpad might have found it more difficult. In the end Walsh picked off those tiring horses and took command from the last bend cruising to a 14-length win over Brain Power and earning another big points haul for Tony.

There was one more outing for Footpad - at Punchestown this time in the Ryanair Novice Chase. Daryl Jacob steered the 2/5 shot to a 12-length win and a perfect season.


The top three...

286.6 - Footpad (78 + 77.6 + 78.4 + 52.4)
169.8 - Buveur D'Air (51.1 + 51.1 + 16.1 + 51.5)
140.6 - Next Destination (34 + 52.8 + 53.8)

2017/18 Jumps Issue 23 - Steve wins!

Headlines

Notch is Tops at Sandown

Altior Celebrates at Sandown

Report

We start at Sandown on Saturday, where in the 2m 6f grade 2 chase, Top Notch ( Martin, Steve), took his chance, Tracked leading pair, went 2nd 4th (water), led going well 2 out, in command when went left last, stayed on strongly, winning by 2 ¾ l. He gets 26.6 points.

In the 2m grade 1 Celebration chase, Altior (Not Cod), took his chance, Tracked leading pair, left tracking leader 8th, challenged on inside and led soon after 3 out, went left next, ridden between last 2, stayed on strongly to assert towards finish, winning by 3 ¼ ,l. He gets 26.1 points.

The  John Torpey Memorial Trophy

                    April        Total

Steve            132.7      1035.84

Tony                    219.3         952.1

Martin                 132.5       923.5

Cliff                     113.1      920.1

Peej                    187         887

Neil                      48.5         543

Cod                      00            536.6

Bob                    131.5           510.9

So Congratulations to Steve who is champion, and Tony who was April trainer of the month