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In the first instalment of 'Dark Horses To Follow', Paul Ferguson, author of Jumpers To Follow and the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide, gives us horses from the yards of Nicky Richards, Lizzie Quinlan, Chris Grant, Sandy Thomson, and Paul Nicholls, who it could pay to follow during the 2026-2027 Jump season.

Sandown Classic Trial winner Raaheeb heads a strong field of seven for a new-look and repositioned Weatherbys Global Stallions App Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor, which provides a rare opportunity for us all to enjoy Group 3 action on a Monday.

Graham Dench previews Saturday's Weatherbys August Stakes at Windsor

George Scott believes that Caballo De Mar’s uncharacteristically heavy defeat in the Gold Cup can be forgiven, and he sees his dual Group 1 winner as the race’s safest option at the trip in what looks a particularly strong renewal of the Weatherbys Lonsdale Cup.

The Weatherbys British EBF Agnes Keyser Fillies' Stakes at Goodwood always attracts some exciting three-year-old fillies and it consequently boasts a glittering roll of honour that features the subsequent top-level winners Sea Of Class, Speedy Boarding and Great Heavens.

I’m The One is aiming to follow in the footsteps of recent Oaks winners Light Shift, Enable and Minnie Hauk by warming up for Epsom with victory in the Weatherbys Cheshire Oaks.

Broodmare Game Of Legs will have eight legs running for her in Grade 1 races at The Festival this week as her two sons by Maxios, the eight-year-old Gaelic Warrior and her four-year-old Our Trigger, are both set to take on the best of the best at Prestbury Park.

Weatherbys is pleased to announce the appointment of John O’Reilly as Chair of the Board, effective immediately.

Entries for this year’s Weatherbys Champion Bumper – which, fittingly, will be run in the memory of Sir Johnny Weatherby – closed on Tuesday and there were few surprises.

Although we have still yet to identify a clear standout performer in the bumper division, the Champion Bumper picture is becoming a little clearer, with Willie Mullins – the dominant force in the Festival contest – having introduced a clutch of nice youngsters since the turn of the year.

Sands Of Mali’s impressive second season with runners in 2025 – headlined by the Commonwealth Cup victory of Time For Sandals and a Nunthorpe second for Ain’t Nobody – combined with the sire having a small third crop of yearlings conceived at Ballyhane Stud at a fee of just €5,000 created the perfect storm for the small number of breeders who kept the faith in him in 2023 to make some gigantic profits.