OLBG Guide to the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition

Tote Ten To Follow Guide Information

• What is the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition ?
• When is the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition ?
• How to enter the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition
• Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Prizes
• Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Points Scoring
• Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Bonus Races
• Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Transfer Window
• What’s new for the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition ?
• Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Tips & Strategy

What is the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition ?

The Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition is the ultimate fantasy horse racing competition for National Hunt and racing fans alike. Players select a stable of ten national hunt horses to follow who will hopefully amass the most points by winning or placing in top races throughout the duration of the competition with the possibility of winning a big prize for a relatively small outlay.

The Home of Ten To Follow

The Tote: British gambling company since 1928. Sold to Betfred in 2011. Sold to UK Tote Group in 2019. Largest pool betting operator. Based in Wigan.

• Tote Ten to Follow
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When is the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition ?

Stable Entry Opens

• Monday 25th October 2021 (11am) - Start entering your stables from this date.

Stable Entry Closes

• Saturday 13th November 2021 (11am) - All stable entries must be registered by this date and cut off time.

Competition Starts

• Saturday 13th November 2021 - The Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition points scoring begins on this day. 

Competition Ends

• Saturday 9th April 2022 - Grand National day is the final chance for your stable to win TTTF Jumps 2021 points. 
  
  

How to enter the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition

• Select a stable of ten National Hunt horses to follow from the Tote Ten To Follow Horses list.
• Entry costs £5 per stable (5.5 euros in Ireland).

How to build a Tote Ten To Follow stable

1. Login/Register - If you are an existing Tote customer you can log in to your Tote Account and begin entering your Tote Ten To Follow Stable. Alternatively you can register an account before entering your TTTF stable selections.
2. Search & Shortlist - From the Tote Ten To Follow Horses List create a short list of your Tote Ten To Follow selections by selecting your favourites from the ‘Horses’ tab.
3. Simple Mode - If you are intending to enter one or two stables only use this mode to add your Tote Ten Follow picks and create each stable. Clicking on the ‘heart’ icon next to a horse will automatically add that horse to your next stable if you are entering more than one stable. Give your stable a name and choose your racing silks. 
4. Pro Mode - For players intending to create multiple stables, the Pro Mode will create multiple selection permutations with the right balance for targeted bonus races.
5. Enter ‘Free’ Stable - There is also a free to play Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition with racing related prizes. Only one free stable entry is allowed per player.

• To create a league select ‘Leagues’, and generate a code so you can then share with people you would like to invite. 
• To Join a league, if you have been given a league code by another player then click ‘Join’ and enter the code.

• Keep a close eye on the latest stable news and prospective plans which may affect your Tote Ten To Follow 2021 Jumps stable. Players can freely edit stable entries up until the cut off for entries on Saturday 13th November 2021.

The Home of Ten To Follow

The Tote: British gambling company since 1928. Sold to Betfred in 2011. Sold to UK Tote Group in 2019. Largest pool betting operator. Based in Wigan.

• Tote Ten to Follow
• Placepot App
• Unique Betting Options

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Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Prizes

• There is a guaranteed minimum cash prize fund of £100,000 !!
• Cash prizes for the top 500 stable entries with the most TTTF points at the end of the TTTF Jumps 2021 Competition
• Last year’s Tote Ten To Follow Jumps Competition winner collected a cool £104,832 !!

• 5 x monthly cash prizes to be won (November, December, January, February & March) for the TTTF Jumps stable entry accumulating the most points within in each month.

Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Points Scoring

Your Ten To Follow horses score points in the following ways:

Race Quality

• Grade 1 Win = 25 points
• Grade 2 Win = 20 points
• Grade 3 Win = 15 points
• Listed Race Win = 12 points
• Any Other Race Win = 10 points

Official Tote Returns from a £1 (1 euro) Win & Place bet

In addition to Race Win points, Tote Ten To Follow selections will also receive points according to the tote payout on an equivalent £1 (1 euro) Win & £1 (1 euro) Place bet. 

• For example: A £1 win pays £6 and £1 place pays £1.50 = 7.5 points awarded (£6 + £1.50). Races run in the UK & IRE the return will be based on the standard tote payout. For overseas races, the local tote return will be used (as published in the Racing Post results).

Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Bonus Races

• Your Tote Ten To Follow horses win a ‘Bonus Race’ = 25 points
• Finish Runner Up in a ‘Bonus Race’ = 12 points

• Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 race = 25 points
• Minella Indo’s £1 Win & Place Tote dividend paid: 9.70 + 2.50 = 12.20 points
• Cheltenham Gold Cup is a TTTF Bonus Race = 25 points
• Minella Indo’s total TTTF points earned for winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup = 62.20

• Log into your Tote Ten To Follow account any time to check your stable progress and TTTF Jumps 2021 points awarded to date.

The Home of Ten To Follow

The Tote: British gambling company since 1928. Sold to Betfred in 2011. Sold to UK Tote Group in 2019. Largest pool betting operator. Based in Wigan.

• Tote Ten to Follow
• Placepot App
• Unique Betting Options

SEE OFFER Tote.co.uk Review

Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Bonus Races

• Haydock (Saturday 20th November) - BF Chase
• Newbury (Saturday 27th November) - Ladbroke Trophy
• Sandown (Saturday 4th December) - Tingle Creek Chase
• Kempton (Sunday 26th December) - King George VI Chase
• Chepstow (Monday 27th December) - Welsh Grand National
• Leopardstown (Tuesday 28th December) - Savills Chase
• Leopardstown (Saturday 5th February) - Irish Champion Hurdle
• Leopardstown (Sunday 6th February) - Irish Gold Cup
• Newbury (Saturday 12th February) - BF Hurdle
• Cheltenham (Tuesday 15th March) - Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase
• Cheltenham (Tuesday 15th March) - Champion Hurdle
• Cheltenham (Wednesday 16th March) - Queen Mother Champion Chase
• Cheltenham (Wednesday 16th March) - Festival (Formerly RSA) Chase
• Cheltenham (Thursday 17th March) - Stayers Hurdle
• Cheltenham (Thursday 17th March) - Ryanair Chase
• Cheltenham (Friday 18th March) - Gold Cup
• Aintree (Thursday 7th April) - BWay Bowl Chase
• Aintree (Thursday 7th April) - Aintree Hurdle
• Aintree (Friday 8th April) - Marsh (Melling) Chase
• Aintree (Saturday 9th April) - Liverpool Stayers Hurdle
• Aintree (Saturday 9th April) - Grand National

All 21 TTTF Jumps 2021 Bonus Races are covered in OLBG’s race trends previews. Just click on the race titles above to view detailed race trends of previous winners, a very useful tool for building winners profiles to help categorise your TTTF short lists.

Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Transfer Window

This is particularly useful for replacing horses that have underperformed or have unfortunately been sidelined through an injury. Additional horses are likely to be added to the TTTF Jumps 2021 Selection List prior to the Transfer Window. These may be horses who have emerged as championship race contenders for the Cheltenham & Aintree Festivals and were omitted from the original Horse List.

• Keep an eye on the latest stable news and prospective plans for the Cheltenham and Aintree Festivals before finalising any substitutions, players have seven days in early March to finalise stables for the final push.

What’s new for the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Competition ?

This year there is more Information to help choose your Tote Ten To Follow Selections when building your TTTF stable.

Most Popular TTTF Picks 

Percentage Picked - See how popular the Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 horses are by choosing the ‘Percentage Picked’ option which shows the % of stables selecting a horse.

Most Points Last Year

Most Points Last Year - Select this option to see how the TTTF horses performed in the points scoring last season.

Smart Pick

Smart Pick- Is an auto-fill algorithm designed to select the best horses for a stable. Can be used to select 1, 2 or up to all ten horses for your stable, picking a balanced stable of horses optimised to score most points throughout the competition. Using historical data and previous TTTF performance, the algorithm selects a balanced stable using:

• Targeting Bonus Races
• Selecting ‘Bankers’ likely to run up a winning sequence
• Wildcard Horses

The Home of Ten To Follow

The Tote: British gambling company since 1928. Sold to Betfred in 2011. Sold to UK Tote Group in 2019. Largest pool betting operator. Based in Wigan.

• Tote Ten to Follow
• Placepot App
• Unique Betting Options

SEE OFFER Tote.co.uk Review

Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 Tips & Strategy

Here we have covered the following Tote Ten To Follow Jumps 2021 tips for strategy when selecting stables:

• Target Bonus Races
• Grade 1 Winners
• Chasers or Hurdlers ?
• Top National Hunt Stables
• How to take advantage of the Tote Ten To Follow Transfer Window
• TTTF Jumps Top Ten Horses (Last Year)
• TTTF Jumps Winning Stable (Last Year)
• OLBG's Racing Tipsters Tote Ten To Follow Tips

Target Bonus Races

Targeting likely contenders for the Bonus Races is an obvious starting point really as these 21 races offer an additional 25 points for winning and 12 points for finishing 2nd.

• 17 of the 21 TTTF Jumps Bonus Races are Grade 1 events which means 50 points (25 points for bonus race + 25 points for a Grade 1 win) for a winner in these before any bonus tote dividends. 
• The remaining 4 TTTF Jumps Bonus Races are Grade 3 events (Ladbrokes Trophy, Welsh National, Betfair Hurdle & Grand National) so still worth 40 points for a win plus the tote dividend bonuses.
• The 4 horses with the most points in last season’s TTTF Jumps competition between them won 5 bonus races. We will take a detailed look at last year’s top horses later in this section.
• Last year’s Jumps Tote Ten To Follow Winner had seven Bonus Race winning horses in the stable. The seven horses won a total of 8 bonus races plus there was one runner up (worth 12 points before tote place dividend bonus). We will take a detailed look at last year’s winning stable later in this section.

As mentioned previously the 21 TTTF Jumps 2021 Bonus Races are covered in the OLBG Horse Race Trends so it is well worth a look at the previous trends for each of the bonus races before deciding on your TTTF stable short lists. It may just help to build a profile of likely winners and contenders when fine tuning the favourites to make your final stable line ups. Just click on the race titles from the Bonus Races List

Grade 1 Winners

Again similar to the strategy for targeting the TTTF Jumps Bonus Races, focusing on the likely candidates for this season’s Grade 1 honours in the chasing and hurdling departments should hopefully bring plenty of TTTF Jumps points.

• There are 25 points awarded for a Grade 1 win before any tote dividend bonus plus we have already touched on the fact 17 of the 21 Bonus Races being Grade 1 status means 50+ points for winners in these races.
• Not including the TTTF Bonus Races there are a further 25 scheduled Grade 1 Hurdle races within the duration of the TTTF Jumps 2021 competition.
• Not including the TTTF Bonus Races there are a further 21 scheduled Grade 1 Chase races within the duration of the TTTF Jumps 2021 competition.
• The top ten horses scoring the most points in last season’s TTTF Jumps competition all won at least one Grade 1 race.
• Six of the top ten horses scoring the most points in last season’s TTTF Jumps competition won at least two Grade 1 races.
• Last year’s winning TTTF Jumps stable had 15 Grade 1 wins across nine of the ten horses, the other horse won a Grade 2 race.
• Four horses from last year’s winning TTTF Jumps stable won multiple Grade 1 races.

Chasers or Hurdlers ?

When building a short list of Jump horses to follow for the 2021 TTTF competition, we need to factor in the split of how many hurdlers and how many chasers to include. Relying on mainly hurdlers looks a poor move as there are more Grade 1 Chases within the competition period and the Bonus Races are heavily favoured on the Chasers side.

Chases

• 15 (71%) of the 21 TTTF Jumps Bonus Races are Chases.
• 6 (60%) of the top ten points scoring horses in last year’s Jumps TTTF competition were Chasers.
• 6 (60%) of the 10 horses in last year’s TTTF Jumps winning stable were Chasers.
• 33 (53%) of the 64 Grade 1 races (chase & hurdles) scheduled within the TTTF Jumps competition are chases.

Hurdles

• The highest (132.94) points scoring horse in last year’s TTTF Jumps competition was a hurdler (Honeysuckle).
• 30 (47%) of the 64 Grade 1 races (chases & hurdles) scheduled within the TTTF Jumps competition are over hurdles.
• 4 (40%) of the top ten points scoring horses in last year’s Jumps TTTF competition were Hurdlers.
• 4 (40%) of the 10 horses in last year’s TTTF Jumps winning stable were Hurdlers.
• Only 5 (29%) of the 21 TTTF Jumps Bonus Races are over Hurdles

Top National Hunt Stables

As usual it is worth starting with runners from the top National Hunt stables when compiling a Jump Horses to Follow 2021 shortlist. Six trainers were responsible for the top ten highest points scoring horses in last year’s Jumps Tote Ten To Follow Competition:

• 3 - Willie Mullins
• 2 - Henry de Bromhead
• 2 - Nicky Henderson
• 1 - Denise Foster (licence holder whilst Gordon Elliott served suspension)
• 1 - Dan Skelton
• 1 - Paul Nicholls

The following table shows the top five National Hunt stables for most Grade 1 winners since the start of 2017:

1/1/2017 to 22/10/21	Grade 1 Winners	Grade 1 Runners
Willie Mullins	114	770
Gordon Elliott	57	465
Nicky Henderson	42	179
Henry de Bromhead	30	279
Paul Nicholls	20	136

Willie Mullins

Since the start of 2017 (and beyond) multiple Irish Champion National Hunt trainer Willie Mullins tops the list for:

• Most Grade 1 runners
• Most Grade 1 winners
• Most Cheltenham Festival winners
• Most Grade 1 Cheltenham Festival winners

Top Ten TTTF Jumps Point Scorers Last Season

• 3rd - Monkish 119.08 points
• 7th - Appreciate It 95.46 points
• 8th - Colreevy 91.82 points

Although Willie Mullins will have to do without the services of Monkfish, last season's 3rd highest points scorer in the TTTF Jumps competition, and the retired Min there will still be plenty of fans favourites like Chacun Poir Soi and dual Gold Cup winner Al Boum Photo from the Willie Mullins team who will likely prove popular picks in TTTF Jumps stables. 

The following table shows the top five National Hunt stables for most Cheltenham Festival winners since the start of 2017:

Cheltenham Festival 2017 to 2021	Winners	Runners
Willie Mullins	30	277
Gordon Elliott	24	147
Nicky Henderson	15	161
Henry de Bromhead	12	93
Paul Nicholls	6	110

Henry de Bromhead

Henry de Bromhead had a great 2021, making history in becoming the first trainer to train the winners of the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup in the same year and to top it off also won the Grand National with Rachael Blackmore in the saddle on Minella Times. Thus bagging four of the TTTF Jumps Bonus Races with his stable runners:

• Champion Hurdle - Honeysuckle
• Queen Mother Champion Chase - Put The Kettle On
• Gold Cup - Minella Indo
• Grand National - Minella Times

Top Ten TTTF Jumps Point Scorers Last Season

• 1st - Honeysuckle 132.94 points
• 10th - Minella Indo 83.30 points

The following table shows the top five National Hunt stables for most Cheltenham Festival Grade 1winners since the start of 2017:

Cheltenham Festival 2017 to 2021	Grade 1 Winners	Grade 1 Runners
Willie Mullins	20	166
Nicky Henderson	12	74
Henry de Bromhead	10	58
Gordon Elliott	9	50
Paul Nicholls	3	34

Nicky Henderson

The 'Master of Seven Barrows' has had at least two Grade 1 winners at each Cheltenham Festival since 2016. His two winners at last season's festival made the top ten TTTF Jumps point scorers.

Top Ten TTTF Jumps Point Scorers Last Season

• 2nd - Shishkin 132.72 points
• 9th - Chantry House 91.40 points

How to take advantage of the Tote Ten To Follow Transfer Window

Undoubtedly one of the key elements of the Tote Ten to Follow competition is taking advantage of the transfer window that occurs just before the Cheltenham Festival.

Tote Ten To Follow Substitutions

This is the time where all players can make up to two substitutions and take the opportunity to replace horses in their team that may have been previously injured or under performed. The Tote will update the list of the horses that can be chosen at this time so if any potential Festival winner has arrived on the scene there will still be an opportunity to sub in these potential high scorers.

12 Bonus Races

There are a total of seven bonus races at the Cheltenham Festival and then five further bonus races at the Aintree Festival so plenty of opportunity to bolster any entries that have been lagging behind.

Previous winners of the Tote Ten to Follow have isolated the substitution period as key to their success in the competition and this is the time to use your head rather than your heart. Perhaps a certain horse has been a favourite of yours in the past or provided you with some winnings in a previous big race, but sentiment needs to be removed when making substitutions. It is key to add replacements that have a serious chance of winning a bonus race that you currently don’t have covered.

You may have a tasty ante post voucher on your view of a snip in one of the handicaps, but we all know the handicaps are fiercely contested with big fields and finding just one such winner at the Festival is a big achievement. Adding a substitution who is likely to be targeted at a handicap is a risky proposition and it is far better to target the smaller fields (and extra points) of one of the bonus races.

Use The Whole Window Period

The temptation will be to get your substitutes registered as soon as the transfer window opens but it could be more prudent to leave any decisions till as late as possible. We have all seen a strongly fancied representative from one of the big stables suddenly redirected to an alternative target at the eleventh hour or a short-priced favourite pulled out at the last minute due to injury. Make sure you are in the best position to profit from any last minute changes by leaving your substitutions as late as possible.

TTTF Jumps Top Ten Horses (Last Year)

The top ten points scoring Tote Ten To Follow Jumps horses for last year’s competition were:

1. HONEYSUCKLE - 132.94 points

• Won Grade 1 Irish Champion Hurdle (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 1 Champion Hurdle (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 1 Hatton’s Grace Hurdle

Trainer: Henry de Bromhead

2. SHISHKIN - 132.72 points

• Won Grade 1 Arkle Chase Trophy (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 1 Novice Chase (Aintree)
• Won Grade 2 Novice Chase (Doncaster)
• Won Grade 2 Novice Chase (Kempton)
• Won Class 4 Beginners Chase (Kempton)

Trainer: Nicky Henderson

3. MONKFISH - 119.08 points

• Won Grade 1 Festival (Formerly RSA) Chase (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 1 Novice Chase (Leopardstown)
• Won Grade 1 Novice Chase (Leopardstown)
• Won Beginners Chase (Fairyhouse)

Trainer: Willie Mullins

4. ABACADABRAS - 102.92 points

• Won Grade 1 Aintree Hurdle (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 1 Hurdle (Punchestown)
• Runner Up Grade 1 Irish Champion Hurdle (Bonus Race)

Trainer: Denise Foster 

5. MY DROGO - 98.60 points

• Won Grade 1 Novice Hurdle (Aintree)
• Won Grade 2 Novice Hurdle (Kelso)
• Won Grade 2 Novice Hurdle (Ascot)
• Won Class 3 Maiden Hurdle (Newbury)

Trainer: Dan Skelton

6. FRODON - 95.80 points

• Won Grade 1 King George VI Chase (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 2 Chase (Sandown)

Trainer: Paul Nicholls

7. APPRECIATE IT - 95.46 points

• Won Grade 1 Supreme Novices Hurdle (Cheltenham)
• Won Grade 1 Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown)
• Won Grade 1 Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown)
• Won Maiden Hurdle (Cork)

Trainer: Willie Mullins

8. COLREEVY - 91.82 points

• Won Grade 1 Novice Chase (Limerick)
• Won Grade 2 Novice Chase (Cheltenham)
• Won Grade 2 Novice Chase (Thurles)
• Won Novice Chase (Punchestown)

Trainer: Willie Mullins

9. CHANTRY HOUSE - 91.40 points

• Won Grade 1 Novice Chase (Aintree)
• Won Grade 1 Novice Chase (Cheltenham)
• Won Class 3 Novice Chase (Ascot)
• Won Class 4 Novice Chase (Wetherby)

Trainer: Nicky Henderson

10.MINELLA INDO - 83.30 points

• Won Grade 1 Cheltenham Gold Cup (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 2 Chase (Navan)

Trainer: Henry de Bromhead

TTTF Jumps Winning Stable (Last Year)

Last season's Tote Ten To Follow Jumps Competition winning stable was 'Tipperwood' who bagged the £104,832 first prize with a final tally of 860.32 points.

Here is Tipperwood's winning Tote Ten To Follow Jumps stable:

1. HONEYSUCKLE - 132.94 points

2. SHISHKIN - 132.72 points

3. MONKFISH - 119.08 points

4. MINELLA INDO - 83.30 points

5. PUT THE KETTLE ON - 82.60 points

• Won Grade 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 2 Chase (Cheltenham)

Trainer: Henry de Bromhead

6. CHACUN POUR SOI - 76.74 points

• Won Grade 1 Chase (Leopardstown)
• Won Grade 1 Chase (Leopardstown)
• Won Grade 2 Chase (Cork)

Trainer: Willie Mullins

7. FAKIR D'OUDAIRIES - 68.20 points

• Won Grade 1 Melling Chase (Bonus Race)
• Runner Up Grade 1 Ryanair Chase (Bonus Race)

Trainer: Joseph O'Brien

8. THYME HILL - 55.50 points

• Won Grade 1 Liverpool Hurdle (Bonus Race)
• Won Grade 2 Hurdle (Newbury)

Trainer: Philip Hobbs

9. EPATANTE - 30.02 points

• Won Grade 1 Hurdle (Newcastle)

Trainer: Nicky Henderson

10. FURY ROAD - 23.32 points

• Won Grade 2 Hurdle (Punchestown)

Trainer: Denise Foster

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