It isn't quite approaching supersonic-speed yet but the National Hunt game is definitely
starting to do a bit of shadow-boxing on the street corners as it prepares to knock the flat game through the ropes and into it's winter hiatus!
I'm deeply engrossed (very deeply!) in my own private notes at present as I prepare for the launch of the 2018/19 version of my National Hunt service.
I'm exhaustively reviewing, note-taking, analyzing, searching and replay watching on a daily basis and from my private notes I've plucked Five well-handicapped horses that I think we all need on our radar for the impending season...
This type of analysis is pivotal in my own punting and indeed for the full
NTF National Hunt service. It has pointed me towards many tasty winners in the past and if I put in the required time and effort (I know no other way in all honesty!!) it will point me to many more in the future.
One of them could well be a contender for the Ladbroke Handicap Chase at Newbury (Hennessy
Gold Cup to most of us)...
One is a Dan Skelton Chaser who had a bit of an odd campaign as a novice last season...
One is a Gary Moore youngster who looks like a potential Handicap Blot for his second season
hurdling...
And the other two struggled in their second season over fences last term but now look out very attractive handicap marks, marks that should be easily exploitable if connections place them correctly...
Cheers
Ben (NTF)
Thanks for being a loyal NTF follower.
p.s. keep an eye on your in-boxes as the NTF 'Alternative 20 to
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