Jumps Profile - Rock on Ruby

Rock On Ruby 7 y bg  Oscar – Stormy View (Cliff, Peej)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	4	3	0	0	£11,089	£11,232	93	125	—
Hurdle	8	3	3	2	£227,115	£291,673	167	171	170
Rules Races	12	6	3	2	£238,203	£302,905

Very Useful performer who is the reigning champion hurdler, he made his debut at Newbury in November 2009, in a 2m bumper finishing 5l 4^th to Oscar Whiskey, then won a similar event over 2m 1f at Taunton in February 2010, by ¾ l from Karensir. He followed up at Cheltenham in November, in a 2m listed bumper, beating Laveroque 5l, and then won at 2m novice hurdle at Newbury in December by 6l from Megastar. He went to Cheltenham in January 2011, in a 2m 4f grade 2 novice hurdle, finishing 2 ¾ l 2^nd to Bob’s Worth, and was then second to First Lieutenant at the festival, beaten ¾ l in the 2m 5f Neptune novice hurdle, and finished with 3^rd at Aintree in the 2m 4f grade 2 novice hurdle, beaten 21 by Spirit Son. He reappeared last season at Newbury in November in a 2m listed hurdle, beating Empire Levant 6l, then finished a neck 2^nd to Binocular at Kempton in the grade 1 Christmas hurdle. He then won the Champion hurdle at the festival by 3 ¼ l from Overturn and finished the season with a third at Aintree, beaten 5l by Oscar Whiskey in the 2m 4f grade 1 John Smiths hurdle. He officially moves to Harry Fry this year and will hopefully prove to be a tough nut to crack in the top 2 mile events.

Trainer H.Fry.

Jumps Profile - Present Lodger

Present Lodger 4 y b g Presenting – Hannigan’s Lodger (Bob)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
PTP	1	1	0	0	£0	£0

Unraced under rules so far and with just one run in a point to point, he is a really dark horse !. He won his only start, a 3m maiden point at Lismore by 5l from Ultra Klass,in March this year.. He made 200,000 guineas at the Cheltenham April sales, he is expected to make his mark on the northern jumping scene. You would hope so at that price !

Trainer L. Russell

Jumps Profile - Mr Mole

Mr Mole 4 y bg Great Pretender – Emmylou Des Berlais. (Cliff

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	1	1	0	0	£1,365	£1,365	65	99	—
Hurdle	1	1	0	0	£2,599	£2,599	96	121	—
Rules Races	2	2	0	0	£3,964	£3,964

Unbeaten in both starts, he won 2m 1f Hereford bumper by 12l from Master Cynk on 4^th April, and followed up Exeter on 23 October in a 2m 1f Novice Hurdle, beating Melodic Rendezvous 1 ½ l . Held in high regard at Ditcheat, I hope he ends up as one of the seasons leading novices !

Jumps Profile - Lamb or Cod

Lamb Or Cod – Old Vic – Princess Lizzie (Cod)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	3	0	0	1	£0	£897	56	102	—
Hurdle	3	2	1	0	£24,245	£25,245	89	130	124
Rules Races	6	2	1	1	£24,245	£26,142

An improving sort who got off the mark at his 5^th attempt. He made his debut in a Punchestown bumper on 3 May 2011, over 2m , finishing 9^th when trained by Eugene O’Sullivan. He then finished 3^rd at Cork in a similar event 3 weeks later and then dead heated for 4^th at Limerick at the end of December in another 2m bumper. He then went over hurdles and finished 2^nd in a 2m maiden hurdle at Thurles, beaten 4 ½ l by Argocat, amd then won a similar event over course and distance by a head from Inis Meanin. He then moved across the Water to Philip Hoobs, for whom he made a winning debut, taking a grade 3 handicap hurdle at Chepstow over 2m 4f by a head from stable mate Arthurian Legend. He was 7/ 2 second favourite so was well fancied and looks on decent handicap mark and should win more races.

Trainer P. Hobbs.

Jumps Profile - Hunt Ball

Hunt Ball  7 y b g Winged Love – La Fandango (Cod, Martin, Peej, Tony)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	1	0	0	0	£0	£0	3	64	—
Hurdle	1	0	0	0	£0	£0	—	50	—
Chase	11	7	1	1	£56,335	£73,928	137	165	157
PTP	10	2	2	1	£0	£0	—	—	—
Rules Races	13	7	1	1	£56,335	£73,928

Rapidly improved last season he took 4 runs to get off the mark initially. He made his debut at  Market Rasen in a 2m 1f bumper on 12 June 2009, when trained by Mick Easterby and finished 7^th,  beaten 42 l behind Paint The Clouds. He then ran in a 2m 1f novice hurdle at Kelso 2 weeks later, finishing 13^th, beaten 39 ¾ l behind Shiwawa.  Presumably sent to the sales he next appeared at Wincanton in February 2011, in a 3m 1f hunter chase, trained by Miss Olivia Brookshaw, and was an 80/1 shot and was pulled up.  He then moved to Patrick Rodford, and ran in a 3m 1f novice chase at Cheltenham, in April, finishing 3^rd of 4 ,beaten 65 ¾ l behind Baltazahar King. He changed stables again and reappeared in November last season for Kieran Burke, in a 2m 5f novice handicap chase at Folkestone, and won by 3 ½ l from Free Speech. He then went to Fontwell in December and won a 2m 4f handicap chase by 13l from Watergate, followed up a week later back at Fontwell, winning a 2m 5f handicap chase by 5l from Time to Think.

He hen had a little rest and re appeared at Plumpton on 2^nd January and was 2^nd to Time to Think, beaten 3/4l in a 2m 4f handicap, when 7lb worse at the weights. He then went to Wincanton on 21 January ina 2m 5f handicap chase and won by 4l from Not So Sure Dick, followed up over course and distance in February, beating Flaming Gorge 2 ½ l,  then went to Kempton at the end of the month, beating Cool Freind 10l in a 2m 4f handicap chase. He then went to Cheltenham and won the 2m 4f novice handicap chase from White Star Line by 8l, and finished the season with a 3^rd at Aintree in the 3m 1f Grade 1 Chase, beaten 3l behind Follow The Plan. He was the most improved chaser in a season for some time, and it will be interesting to see how fares this time round.

Trainer K. Burke

Jumps Profile - Grand Crus

Grand Crus   7 y gr g Dom Alco – Fee Magic (Cod,  Martin, Neil, Steve, Tony)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	2	0	0	0	£0	£0	46	87	—
Hurdle	9	4	4	0	£81,338	£172,275	136	171	167
Chase	4	3	0	0	£47,230	£54,159	159	168	157
Rules Races	15	7	4	0	£128,568	£226,434

Very decent chaser who has won 7 of his 15 starts, he got off the mark at his 4^th attempt, winning a 2m 5f novice hurdle at Plumpton in January 201, beating A’bey My Boy 8l. He was then second at Taunton over 2m 1f in another novice hurdle, beaten 4l by Sanctuaire, then went to Cheltenham in November and beat For Non Stop 6l, giving 1lb to the runner up. He then won a 3m listed brush hurdle at Haydock by 10 l from Barafundle, followed up at Cheltenham in January, in a 3m grade 2 hurdle, beating Knockara Beau 10l, then took on Big Bucks at the Festival, finishing 1 ¾ l 2^nd in the World Hurdle, and suffered the same fate at Aintree , this time 5l behind Big Bucks.. He then went to Auteil in June 2011,  and was 6^th behind Thousand Stars, beaten 11 ½ l in the 3m grade 1, Grande Course Des Haies, D’Auteuil hurdle. Sent chasing last season, he started in a 2m 4f novice chase at Cheltenham, beating Champion Court, giving 5lb, 10l, and followed up at Newbury in a 3m grade 2 novice chase, beating Sonofvic 2l, giving 7lb to the runner up. He then took the 3m grade Feltham Novice chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, beating Silviniaco Conti 2 1/4l. He went to the RSA Chase at the festival as a strong favourite, but faded badly at the bottom of the hill and finished 4^th, beaten 17 ½ l.  He reportedly scoped dirty after that, so if you put a line through that he can be expected to take top rank this season.

Jumps Profile - Flemenstar

Flemenstar  7 y bg Flemensfirth – Different Dee (Bob Cod, Martin, Tony)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	1	0	0	0	£0	£276	—	113	—
Hurdle	2	1	0	0	£5,948	£6,983	94	135	—
Chase	6	5	1	0	£128,413	£130,620	143	164	163
PTP	2	1	0	0	£0	£0	—	90	—
Rules Races	9	6	1	0	£134,361	£137,879

High class chaser who has won 6 of his 11 starts including the last 5.He made his debut in a 3m maiden point at Loughbrickland on 27 March 2010, where he unseated. He then won a similar event Loughanmore by 2ol , then made his debut under rules at Navan in a 2m bumper, finishing 4^th to Lord Gale, beaten 9 ½ l. He then won a 2m maiden hurdle at Navan by 9l from Rattan, and finished the season with 4^th in a grade 2, 2m 4f novive hurdle at Fairyhouse, beaten 5 ½ l behind Lambro.

He re appeared on 13 November last year in a 2m beginners chase at Navan, finishing 7 ½ l 2^nd to Bog Warrrior. A week later he won a 2m 1f beginners chase by 19l from High Desert, followed up at Naas in January, in a 2m novice chase, beating Lambro 3 ½ l, then at the end of the month , took the 2m 1f Grade 1 Arkle chase by 19l from Gift of the Gab at Leopardstown. He then took a 2m 4f grade 3 at Leopardstown in March by 5 ½ l from Frisco Depot, and finished the season with an 11l victory over 2m 4f at Fairyhouse in the grade 1 Powers Gold Cup chase, beating Rathlin 11l. He apparently will be trained for the Gold Cup and is an interesting prospect .