Karl Hedley with the important action from over the sea

With the new year upon us, many horses will be heading towards their prep races for upcoming festivals including the Dublin Racing Festival in February and, of course, Cheltenham in March. Here I have selected a number of individual runners who may well have the bigger meetings on their agenda and could have gone under the radar in some circumstances.
Gordon Dai Dai powered clear on the run to the last to claim the opening amateur rider maiden hurdle in fine style at Clonmel at the beginning of December over a trip just shy of two...