One Jump Ahead 2023/2024 statistics

With the curtain coming down on the National Hunt season in Ireland last Saturday and the UK a week earlier, it seems a good opportunity to publish the final statistics for the featured horses in One Jump Ahead 2023/2024. 

The Top 40 Prospects   52 winners from 134 runners 39%

Changing Codes  3 winners from 13 runners 23%

French Revolution  23 winners from 120 runners 19%

Handicap Hitlist  3 winners from 24 runners 13%

Irish Pointers  36 winners from 124 runners 29%

Significant Sales  5 winners from 15 runners 33%

Unraced Bumper Horses  7 winners from 26 runners 27%

The Top 40 Prospects produced seven individual Grade 1 winners - Ballyburn (3 times), Captain Teague, Grey Dawning, Il Est Francais, Jade De Grugy, Majborough and Sir Gino - three Cheltenham Festival winners, namely Ballyburn, Grey Dawning and Majborough, and five Grade 2 winners (Favour And Fortune, Gidleigh Park, Kala Conti, Mirazur West and Stay Away Fay). 29 of the Top 40 won at least one race, while three of the horses were absent for the whole campaign. 

Declan Phelan's Irish Pointers included the first three home in the Grade 1 Cheltenham Festival bumper - Jasmin De Vaux, Romeo Coolio and Jalon D'Oudairies - and other Pattern race winners included Jeriko Du Reponet, Shanagh Bob, The Enabler and Tullyhill.

In terms of the One Jump Ahead Updates:

Paddy Power Gold Cup meeting at Cheltenham: 4 winners from 10 selections, including Malina Girl (advised @ 12/1) & Iberico Lord (7/1)

Christmas Special: 1st & 2nd in the Welsh National: Nassalam (advised @ 8/1) & Iron Bridge (advised @ 10/1)

Cheltenham Festival 2024: 7 winners, including Slade Steel (advised @ 6/1), Gaelic Warrior (advised @ 7/2), Chianti Classico (advised @ 7/1), Majborough (6/1). Plus: Jimmy Du Seuil (2nd @ 66/1) & British Camp (WON @ 18/1)

Aintree Grand National meeting 2024: 7 winners, including Sans Bruit (advised @ 14/1), Kateira (advised @ 12/1), Brighterdaysahead (advised @ 7/1) & I Am Maximus (advised @ 8/1)