The Boozy Punter

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

2018/19 Jumps Profile - Uppertown Prince

UPPERTOWN PRINCE 6 Y BG Strategic Prince – Tarrawarra ( Bob)

*LIFETIME RECORD*	*RUNS*		*2NDS*	*3RDS*	*WINNINGS*	*EARNINGS*	OR	*BEST TS*	*BEST RPR*
*Hurdle*	5	2	2	0	£7,509	£20,496	140	79	*142*
*PTP*	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	90
	5	2	2	0	£7,509	£20,496	—	—	—

Useful sort who should continue to improve he made his debut at Kilfeacle, in a 3m maiden point in January 2017, finishing 6^th, beaten 7 1/4l by On The Blind Side, then in February, won a similar event at Belharbour by 10 l from U No Like. Moving to Donald McCain, he won his reappearance at Bangor in December 2017, taking a 2m 3f novice hurdle by 7l from Thedellercheckout, then in January was 2^nd over 2m 7f novice hurdle at Bangor, beaten 1 ½ l by Samuel Jackson. He was 2^nd again at Haydock in February, in a 2m 7f grade 2 novice hurdle beaten 15 by Chef Des Obeaux, then at Ayr in March, won a 2m 4f novice hurdle by 18 l from Geronimo. He finished with 4^th at Aintree in April in the 3m grade 1 Sefton Novice hurdle, beaten 10 ¼ l behind Santini, and that suggests he should make a decent novice chaser this season.

Trainer D McCain

2018/19 Jumps Profile - Willoughby Court

WILLOUGHBY COURT 7 y bg Court Cove – Willoughby Sue ( Cliff)


*LIFETIME RECORD*	*RUNS*		*2NDS*	*3RDS*	*WINNINGS*	*EARNINGS*	OR	*BEST TS*	*BEST RPR*
*Chase*	3	2	0	1	£30,846	£34,825	151	116	*155*
*Hurdle*	4	3	1	0	£94,694	£95,362	150	109	*152*
*NHF*	4	2	0	1	£3,574	£4,877	—	98	*131*
	11	7	1	2	£129,113	£135,064

High class chaser who missed the second half of last season through injury. He has won 7 of his 11 races, including a grade 2 hurdle at Warwick, and the 2m 5f grade 1 Neptune novice hurdle at the Cheltenham festival in 2017. Sent chasing last season, he won a 2m4f novice chase at Huntingdon, beating Casablanca Mixv 1 ¾ l, and followed up at Newbury where he beat Yanworth 3l in a 2m 4f grade 2 chase. He picked up his injury when third at Cheltenham in January, beaten 8 ¼ l by Yanworth. Ben Pauling told the punter, He’s come back in looking brilliant. We’ve given him a little wind op, we just maybe heard a little bit of a whistle that day at Cheltenham when he was beaten and it was well-documented that he missed the Festival after suffering a foot abscess. That is now well behind us, it’s great to have him back and we plan on going up for the intermediate chase at Carlisle – the Colin Parker Chase – on November 4 and if that goes well then he’ll probably have an entry at Newbury (Ladbrokes Trophy).

Trainer Ben Pauling

2018/19 Jumps Profile - Vinndication

VINNDICATION 5 Y BG Vinnie Roe – Pawnee Trail ( Cliff


*LIFETIME RECORD*	*RUNS*		*2NDS*	*3RDS*	*WINNINGS*	*EARNINGS*	OR	*BEST TS*	*BEST RPR*
*Hurdle*	3	3	0	0	£30,341	£30,341	149	122	*152*
*NHF*	1	1	0	0	£3,249	£3,249	—	46	*105*
	4	4	0	0	£33,590	£33,590

Smart young hurdler, currently unbeaten after 4 starts. He made his debut at Ludlow in November last year , winning a 2m bumper by ¾ l from Court Royale, and followed up at Leicester a month later, taking a 2 ½ m novice hurdle by 4 ½ l from Collanly. He then went to Acot in January and won a 2m 5f novice hurdle by a neck from Champ, and finished the season with victory at Huntingdon in a 2m 4f listed hurdle, beating Western Ryder 3 ¼ l. He did not appear again as he had sore shins, but is reportedly in good order and is a smart prospect either over hurdles or fences this season. He made a winning debut over fences at Carlisle recently.

Trainer K. Bailey

2018/19 Jumps Profile - Ones that didn't make it

This is a new section and will have horses that either the editor has written up in anticipation of them being in some strings, or who are withdrawn from strings through injury. The two below are injured, sadly for Neil, Our Valentina has had to be retired

OUR VALENTINA 7 Y BM Shantou – Par Street ( Neil)


*LIFETIME RECORD*	*RUNS*	*Wins*	*2NDS*	*3RDS*	*WINNINGS*	*EARNINGS*	OR	*BEST TS*	*BEST RPR*
*Hurdle*	11	2	3	1	*£23,372*	*£32,245*	*105*	*103*	*111*
*NHF*	4	0	0	0	—	*£128*	—	14	97
*Rules Races*	15	2	3	1	*£23,372*	*£32,373*

A uselful mare who has always looked a chaser, she goes over fences this season and could progress higher up the rankings, particularly in the mares events. Her first win came in April 2017 at Navan in a 2m mares maiden hurdle, where she beat Reine Des Pres 1/2l, and her other victory was at Carlisle last December in a 2m 4f mares handicap hurdle, when she beat Paper Roses a head. She finished last season with 2 good 2^nd paces, at Carlisle in March this year, in a 2m 1f mares handicap hurdle, beaten 5l by Pixiepot, (received 9lb), then when beaten just a neck (receiving 10lb), by Naranja in a 3m mares handicap hurdle. She should give Neil and his partners more fun this season.

Trainer S.Crawford

DERBY 5 Y BG Policy Maker – Blue Lane ( Tony)


*LIFETIME RECORD*	*RUNS*	*Wins*	*2NDS*	*3RDS*	*WINNINGS*	*EARNINGS*	OR	*BEST TS*	*BEST RPR*
*NHF*	3	1	0	0	*£5,451*	*£5,451*	—	31	*119*
*PTP*	3	1	0	2	—	—	—	—	93
*Rules Races*	3	1	0	0	*£5,451*	*£5,451*

Tony has a share in this lightly raced horse who made his debut in a maiden point to point at Monksgrange in March 2017, finishing 3^rd, beaten 12l behind Madison To Monroe, then in October filled the same position in a similar race at Lough Rea, again beaten 12l, this time behind Rath An Luir.He then won at Loughbrickland, beating Rathill 12l, in November 2017, and subsequently moved to Willie Mullins. He made his rules debut at Gowran Park in March this year , winning a 2m 2f bumper by 9l from Presenting Well, then was a disappointing 6^th at Fairyhouse in a similar race in April over 2m, beaten 97 l behind Getaway John, and finished the season with a 7^th at Punchestown in another 2m bumper, beaten 33 ½ l behind Dunvegan. He will go over hurdles, and a step up in trip should help him

Trainer W. Mullins

2018/19 Jumps - Previous Champs and Chumps

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 John 967 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
Flat 2018 Cliff 1254.8 Spoon Cod 246.2

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

2018/19 Jumps - Editor's Introduction

A season of if, but’s and maybe’s lies ahead. If Thistlecrack and Sizing John come back fit, Maybe if the ground is better, Might Bite wins the Gold Cup, Faugheen may go chasing, but probably 3m hurdling, and you can go on.

What is certain is that it looks another exciting season ahead, and Henderson and Mullins still look the dominant forces, with Nicholls and Elliott able chasers . Some of the younger trainers have decent prospects among their ranks for some decent races. Footpad and Presenting Percy, Samcro are the leading younger generation aiming to step up and upset the established Champions.

We have 94 different horses this time, and for the first time in some while we have a horse in every string, Altior, which tends to be the mark of a true champion. On the other hand if 2 seasons ago some one had predicted Thistlecrack would be ignored and Faugheen and Sizing John would be single picks you would have got some strange looks over breakfast

The Editor