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

Thanks for that Roger. It's always good to get nice a summer boost before the proper stuff starts in October.
 
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.
 
Quite surprised that it appears he is targetting Topofthegame at the Ladbroke trophy.
Would have thought it would be the King George.
 
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-fergusons-jumpers-to-follow-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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Maruco said:
And does anyone buy Mark Howard or Marten Julian's books when they come out. I never have. Any good?
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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!
 
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.
 
I know that it's not published until mid-October but does anyone know when Timeform Chasers & Hurdlers goes on pre-order?
 
Maruco said:
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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Last year’s edition was published on 25 September according to Amazon


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viking said:
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.
 
wilsonl said:
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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Unlikely as his application form requests payment by cheque or 'postal order' (did not know they were still a thing!) so not quite cutting edge technology. Having said that, I love getting the book through the post as is one of the markers of the new jumps season

Also, looking at my chequebook, I’ve only written one other since my 2018 order!

Agreed would be great to have Grassy back...
 
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