One Jump Ahead Trainer Quotes

Thank you very much to those clients who have pre ordered a copy of One Jump Ahead and the Updates - the response has been superb and greatly appreciated. To the whet the appetite for the winter ahead, I have listed below various quotes from those trainers who feature in the Talking Trainers section of OJA.

"An exciting prospect who we bought at the sales having won their only point-to-point in Ireland." HARRY DERHAM

"Still unfurnished last season, he has done particularly well and looks a monster." OLLY GREENALL & JOSH GUERRIERO

"A big strong individual, we hope he will be running in the better novice hurdles this season." PHILIP HOBBS

"A very nice unraced horse who I like a lot." GARY MOORE - he is Gary's horse to follow

"An exciting young horse who won his only point-to-point........ he is one for the future." OLLY MURPHY

"A big horse, he will hopefully develop into a Challow Novices' Hurdle contender." PAUL NICHOLLS - the 14 times champion has also nominated 8 unraced bumpers horse to watch out for

"A big rangy horse horses measuring 16.2hh, I love him. I think he is a very nice horse with loads of scope." BEN PAULING

"He is a lovely horse. He looks sharp and is one to look forward to in a bumper before Christmas." NICKY RICHARDS

"A lovely big horse with a lot of class, we like him a lot." LUCINDA RUSSELL

"A really nice recruit from France, I think he will be very smart." DAN SKELTON

"He is a classy type we bought privately and a very interesting prospect for juvenile hurdles." JAMIE SNOWDEN

In additon, Irish expert Declan Phelan has sent his article through, Irish Pointers, which includes the two horses he feels are likely candidates for the Cheltenham Festival Bumper. Regular readers will be aware Declan featured the first three home in the 2024 version and last year's piece included the dual Grade 1 winning novice hurdler Final Demand. There are some tremendous young prospects in the 2025/2026 version.

If you haven't ordered your copy of OJA or the Updates, please head to the Publications seciton of the site. There are antepost suggestions amongst the book - last year's suggestions didn't do too badly, namely BANBRIDGE (Advised @ 33/1 for the King George & GRANGECLARE WEST (Advised @ 66/1 - finished 3rd in the Grand National).