With an 11 month old at home I suspect I may struggle to see the television through the amount of wrapping paper likely to be in my living room on Boxing day however I have managed to put up what I hope will be a few Christmas crackers for you readers.
ONE race stands out at the top of the speed figures this month – the novice chase at Cheltenham on December 13. Jango Baie, Springwell Bay and Caldwell Potter all clocked good times in filling the first three placings.
With the turn of the year ahead, all thoughts quite unnaturally will turn to the Cheltenham Festival, mind you that has been the case for many since the end of the third week of March 2024!
The National Hunt season is now in full cry with graded action aplenty and our columnist Paul Ferguson has assessed some of early season movers and shakers