Ten To Follow

[Mike]

Hi
We have a few going from our lines this weekend and hopefully as the big guns come out State Man, Lossiemouth, Brighterdaysahead, Fact To File, Fastorslow, Galopin Des Champs etc we should kick off all of our lines by the end of the weekend.
As for our November line line which currently heads the leaderboard https://www.racingpost.com/tote/ten-to-follow/found-a-fifty-finds-favour-with-tote-ten-to-follow-pacesetter-a0yxy5P5ojLo/ we would realistically need Doyen Quest to go in again and Grey Dawning to come out for the season all guns blazing to keep us there.
But best of luck to everyone who has entered the competition whether on here or elsewhere it’s a great bit of fun win lose or draw and runs all through the season.

[Mike]

Hi
No joy with the November line as Doyen Quest was a non runner and Grey Dawning led over the last fence but was beaten into second on the run in. 🙁 However we mentioned we were hopeful one of the other lines would do well and Suds free line just appeared in position 27 which is a cracking shout after Royal Pagaille and Brighterdaysahead both duly obliged.

[Mike]

Hi
Here is a special update 🙂 With Fact To File winning that puts Suds free line into the top ten.

[Clarence]

Thanks Mike, ☺️ fact to file was a good race I might have held my breath at the end there 😅I hope I do as well with my winning posts line 🤞 you at number 1 and me number 10 this month 😁 nice start .what horses are running next 🙂👍

[Mike]

Hi Suds
Well it was my weekend on week 1 your weekend on week 2 but I am thinking at best it would be the January line or the Valheim line that would be our best options this week. Friday looks like being a big day with Regents Stroll, The Jukebox Man and Strong Leader all declared to run at Newbury. Sir Gino come out Saturday and your Nasalam is a big price if he runs. Sunday see’s Firefox, Three Card Brag and Teahupoo declared so an interesting few days.
Unfortunately Constituion Hill has bypassed a few engagements and Mahler Mission looks to be out for most of the season.

[Mike]

Hi
Nice start to the weekend with all three of the runners Regents Stroll, The Jukebox Man and Strong leader winning and if Sir Gino, Lossiemouth, Teahuppo, Firefox or Romeo Coolio who are all still declared over the weeekend could trouble the judge it could be our third good weekend on the bounce.

[Mike]

Hi
Due to being out of action (hospitalised) at the start of the month I have not updated this thread and will attempt to get to it before the boxing day fixtures but if not will give a full update at the the end of the month.

[Mike]

Hi
I will get around to the full update at the end of the month but the next few days sees a hat full of our runners heading into the fray.

The Jukebox Man
Constitution Hill
Lossiemouth
Burdett Road
Il Est Francais
Grey Dawning
Corbetts Cross
Gaelic Warrior
Found a Fifty
Romeo Coolio
Three Card Brag
Ballyburn
Sir Gino
Valgrand
Regents Stroll
Brighterdaysahead
Fact To File
Galopin Des Champs
State Man

Best of luck to all those who entered the competition and I will get around to updating it soon (promise..lol).

[Mike]

Hi
A quick first day update see’s Valheim go to the lead in our lines with a grand total of 245.01 points as they had both The Jukebox Man and Constitution Hill win today. It would great for this line if Ballyburn could oblige tomorrow followed by either Fact To File or Galopin Des Champs on Saturday but it could happen.  🙂

[Mike]

Hi
Not the best of weeks for the TTF but it could have been worse here is the end of year update.

Line V (Valheim) = +311.27 points
Jonbon 74.16
Galopin Des Champs 54.06
The Jukebox Man 52.82
Fact To File 44.20
Constitution Hill 26.84
Djelo 24.30
Strong Leader 21.58
Ballyburn 12.21
Sounds Victorious 1.10
Firefox 0.00
Line Mg (Mgame) = +222.58 points
Line Feb = +215.79
Line Nov = +213.91
Line S (Suds) = +157.24
Line Dec = +134.21
Line Jan = +101.84

Straight away in the New Year the Valheim line has Sounds Victorious and Firefox declared and it would a cracking start if those two came in as the key to winning this is to have all ten horses scoring points and these two are the poor relations in the Valheim line at present.

[Mike]

Hi
Due to the weather and lower grade racing there have not been many runners this month but the Valheim line have two going tomorrow.
Cheltenham 3.00 Constitution Hill (Also in Mgame’s line)
Cheltenham 3.35 Strong Leader (Also in the February line)
Ginny’s Destiny in the 1.50 at Cheltenham would be a welcome winner for a couple of the other lines but that’s a tough looking race.

[Mike]

Hi
Unsurprisingly Constitution Hill was the only winner last weekend but obviously he is in the majority of lines so at best kept the pot boiling. But we have a hat full of chances again this weekend as we start the February competition so fingers crossed.
Leopardstown (Saturday)
1.15 Sounds Victorious (Valheim & Jan lines)
2.55 Majborough (Dec line)
2.55 Firefox (Suds, Valheim & Jan lines)
3.30 Galopin Des Champs (Valheim & Feb lines)
3.30 Fact To File (Suds, Vaheim & Feb lines)
Sandown 2.35 Jango Baie (Jan line)
Leopardstown (Sunday)
1.10 Ballyburn (Suds,Valheim & Mgame lines)
2.10 Gaelic Warrior (Feb & Dec lines)
3.20 Lossiemouth (Suds & Feb lines)
3.20 State Man (Suds & Feb lines)
Also I would advise those unlucky enough to have horses that have not run so far due to injury etc to think about the substitutions window on March 1st where I can swap two horse from each line.
I am thinking ie Suds line which has been running on eight selections instead of ten season due to Makin’yourmindup being injured and Mahler Mission having never run. Jeraboam Machin and The Jukebox Man appear to be out (injured) and there may be others so let me know if you have any preferences for substitute/replacement horses or know of anything I have missed. ?

[Mike]

Hi
We had a few winners at the weekend but not enough or the right ones…lol. The Valheim line is still our best line and is now on a very respectable looking 456.78 points. The Feb line has 324.14, Mgame is on 299.12 and Suds despite have only 8 running is on 241.11 the rest of the lines are on 240 or less. Most of the horses will now not run until Cheltenham so now is the perfect time to reassess your options as to replacing runners you are not sure of.
I will put up some options with a full update of the lines by the end of the week.

[Mike]

Hi
This weeks points possibilities are Djelo at Newbury, Shanagh Bob and L’eau du Sud both at Warwick (all) on Saturday and on then on Sunday we have Three Card Brag at Navan and Regents Stroll over at Exeter.

[Mike]

Hi
Djelo and L’eau d’Sud were this weekends winners and keeps the pot boiling over but we do have a few unlucky lines with a lot of minor injuries ruling their selections out until next season and as promised I will now start listing the options for the substitution options.
Suds line has been hit the worst with three (most likely) out and two having never run and I suspect Sudsie now being a seasoned TTF player will want to re-vamp this particular line so here is the line as it stands.

Total points to date +241.11
Brighterdaysahead 59.45 points
State Man 54.65 points
Fact To File 45.30 points
Ballyburn 39.93 points
Lossiemouth 26.58 points
Grey Dawning 13.70 points
Firefox 1.50 points
Fastorslow 0
Mahler Mission 0
Makin’yourmindup 0

The last two have yet to run this season and it is unlikely they will and I believe Fastorslow may also be out for the season. But you can replace two of them on the 1st of March.

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