The National Hunt game has been engaging first gear recently and although it isn't quite approaching hyper-speed yet it is taking a few practice punches and doing a bit of shadow-boxing as it prepares to knock the flat game through the ropes!

I'm deep in my own private notes at present as I prepare for the launch of the 2014/15 version of my National Hunt service. 

I'm exhaustively reviewing, note-taking, analyzing and searching on a daily basis (much to the frustration of Mrs NTF!) and from my notes I've plucked three well-handicapped horses that I think we all need on our radar for the impending season...