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    NH Stable Tours 2019

    Nice video of the Paul Nicholls team with Harry Derham laying out the plans for them

    http://www.paulnichollsracing.com/summer-in-ditcheat/

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    Thanks for that Roger. It's always good to get nice a summer boost before the proper stuff starts in October.

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    Good stuff

    Nicholls has three years of big money purchases behind him now. A big decade awaits.
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    I've got a nice 3 year old. Idiot, but nice.
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    At Ditcheat GG?

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    Sending Black Corton and Modus to Galway for a crack at the Plate according to RP.

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    A few years ago it looked like he was doing too much too soon with his young horses. The interview at the end tends to indicate that this has now changed.
    The older I get the better I was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maruco View Post
    At Ditcheat GG?
    I wish!!! They can welcome to come and look at him if they want to
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    Quite surprised that it appears he is targetting Topofthegame at the Ladbroke trophy.
    Would have thought it would be the King George.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DannyB View Post
    Quite surprised that it appears he is targetting Topofthegame at the Ladbroke trophy.
    Would have thought it would be the King George.
    History of top novices take in this race including plenty of Nicholls.

    Be surprised if he wasn't aimed at it.
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Stable Tours, To Follow Lists, and Essential Reading 2019/20

    Is it just me, or does this feel like one of the dreariest Summer's ever?! I'm pretty sure it's the longest there's ever been, and it's still continuing to get in the way of the 'proper stuff' starting. For godssake bring on the rain and single digit temperatures. I can't wait for them.

    Anyway, finally each year, September usually brings us some light at the end of the tunnel. We start to get early news filtering out of the stables, a bunch of internet articles appear profiling horses for the new season, Paul Ferguson and John Morris's books finally arrive, and then the plethora of Stable Tours start kicking off.

    Yes sure, some little race meetings at Newmarket, Ascot, Leopardstown, and Longchamp still get in way, but who cares when some bloke you've never heard of puts up his 'ten best selling handicap hurdlers to follow'! The prawn sandwich brigade don't know what they're missing when the rest of us are getting all excited about putting Rose Gasson and Brian Barr 80 rated horses in our trackers. It might be the worst written and grammatically incorrect blog ever written, and not one of the horses will ever be sighted, but it means that the pon(c)y racing is meandering to an end, and we finally have something interesting to fill half an hour before the exciting weeks ahead. News finally coming out from the big Training establishments that the big guns are primed for the season ahead and early season targets are established.

    Anyway enough whaffle. it's always useful to have somewhere to keep all of the news links, to follow lists, stable tours, publications, etc together, so I'll kick off with these:

    http://www.theracinghub.com/horses-to-follow/

    And essential reading:

    https://bettrendsshop.co.uk/paul-fer...low-2019-2020/

    http://jumpingprospects.co.uk/

    I'm sure some of you guys already have some bits and pieces to add from the internet, social media land, and traditional print, and there'll be plenty more over the coming days and weeks. So I'd encourage you to get anything up you can find to save your fellow 'tragics' from climbing the walls while the sun is still shining and there's still half a chance of a sun tan.
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    A couple more:

    https://chelt-mental.co.uk/articles/...ry=2019%2F2020

    https://chelt-mental.co.uk/articles/...ry=2019%2F2020

    And does anyone buy Mark Howard or Marten Julian's books when they come out. I never have. Any good?

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    MVP stuff Paul
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maruco View Post
    And does anyone buy Mark Howard or Marten Julian's books when they come out. I never have. Any good?
    I've bought Marks's book for 10+ years and is an absolute bargain for £10

    He has his top 50 which will be a mixture of known names and completely unexposed/un-raced horses, plus stable tours and interviews with the top stables, owners a couple of jockeys and bloodstock buyers. I think is his the original and best and can’t recommend it highly enough. He's also a genuine, decent bloke as well!

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    Thanks Ben, I'll order it when it's available. I've just had a quick look on his website and I'm surprised there's no opportunity to pre-order.

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    I know that it's not published until mid-October but does anyone know when Timeform Chasers & Hurdlers goes on pre-order?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maruco View Post
    Thanks Ben, I'll order it when it's available. I've just had a quick look on his website and I'm surprised there's no opportunity to pre-order.
    Last year’s edition was published on 25 September according to Amazon


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    I emailed Mark and he's just finishing the book and will update the website next week

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    Quote Originally Posted by viking View Post
    Last year’s edition was published on 25 September according to Amazon


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    I daresay the traditionalists will disagree and for something so relatively expensive, protection against redistribution would be a concern but I can’t wait for the day that they release a digital version of this.
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