The National Hunt game is slowly but surely starting to crank itself up as we edge closer to October, October being the month where we see the Persian War Hurdle meeting from Chepstow, the Showcase meeting from Cheltenham and the Old Roan Chase meeting from Aintree! That's the good stuff right there! Hot Damn!
Prior to all that I'm going to have plenty of free content going on on the NTF Blog, continuing today with...
>>>Three emerging National Hunt jockeys you NEED on your radar
Things are maybe going to get interesting in the jump’s jockeys championship this year as well.
Well, possibly…
Richard Johnson sits in his natural habitat at the top of the standings with 60 winners (as of 25-09-19). Brian Hughes, however, is stalking him in second place with 59 winners…and he seems to have the massed ranks of the north supporting his title push.
Is Johnson there for the taking at the top of the standings or can he hold off the stylish Hughes challenge?
It will certainly be interesting to watch it unfold...
But what about those guys and gals working their way up the ladder?