Find the next Minella Indo for points spree when making Ten To Follow transfers

Points make prizes when it comes to the Tote Ten To Follow but that does not necessarily mean players should put all their focus into targeting only the 25-point Grade 1s throughout the season.

With the transfer window open and the chance to bring two new horses to their stable, players should also remember that a horse’s Tote win dividend is taken into account in allocating points.

The Cheltenham Festival is prone to throwing up big-priced winners, often in the biggest races, so finding the value in those races could yield big points.

Take the Coral Cup, in which four of the last six winners returned a Tote win dividend over £25. Coupled with the place returns and the 15 points for a Grade 3 success, Supasundae (51.5 points), Bleu Berry (57.1) and William Henry (64) would have earned serious Ten To Follow points.

Supasundae and William Henry went on to run well in the Grade 1 Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree, so if players can find a Grade 1 horse lurking in a handicap there are big points to be had.

Big Tote returns and therefore points are not exclusive to the handicaps at Cheltenham though. Three of the last five Stayers' Hurdle winners have proved relative upsets. With everything taken into account, Cole Harden, Nichols Canyon and Penhill would all have returned more than 60 points for their victories.

If Paisley Park looks vulnerable to you, then bringing your Stayers' Hurdle dark horse into your Ten To Follow stable could be a wise move.

For the biggest Tote returns at the festival, this year’s horses will have to go some to surpass the tally Minella Indo would have earned for his Albert Bartlett win last season.

While Henry de Bromhead’s gelding was a 50-1 shot with the bookmakers, a £129.50 Tote win return would have helped players to 175.9 points – nearly halfway to the total of our current leaderboard topper.

NEW HORSES IN THE TEN TO FOLLOW LIST

111 ALLMANKIND 4g Dan Skelton

11F ASPIRE TOWER 4g Henry de Bromhead

1/111 ASTERION FORLONGE 6g Willie Mullins

12 CAPTAIN GUINNESS 5g Henry De Bromhead

U1P-45P CHEF DES OBEAUX 8g Willie Mullins

215-P11 CHRIS'S DREAM 8g Henry De Bromhead

11-5111 COPPERHEAD 6g Colin Tizzard

111132 DARVER STAR 8g Gavin Cromwell

B-54421 DEFINITLY RED 11g Brian Ellison

222-112 EDWARDSTONE 6g Alan King

397132 ELWOOD 6g Gordon Elliott

78-2617 ENCORE CHAMPS 6g Warren Greatrex

7-11115 FANION D'ESTRUVAL 5g Venetia Williams

1P-5U22 FORZA MILAN 8g James Nash

3P11-71 HOGAN'S HEIGHT 9g Jamie Snowden

935P-21 KIMBERLITE CANDY 8g 935P-21 Tom Lacey

3/1 LAMARCKISE 5m Willie Mullins

1-1211 LATEST EXHIBITION 7g 21-1211 Paul Nolan

2P/262-P MALL DINI 10g Patrick Kelly

12-3111 MINELLA MELODY 6m Henry De Bromhead

2211 MONKFISH 6g P/1-2211 Willie Mullins

24F-1P2 MULCAHYS HILL 8g 24F-1P2 Warren Greatrex

415-110 NOT SO SLEEPY 8g Hughie Morrison

P21/1-1F PORTRUSH TED 8g P21/1-1F Warren Greatrex

17/215-4 RELEGATE 7m Colm Murphy

235-132 SILVER STREAK 7g Evan Williams

84-1121 SIMPLY THE BETTS 7g Harry Whittington

211 SOLO 4g 211 Paul Nicholls

3-11261 SOVIET PIMPERNEL 5g Peter Fahey

1-111 SPORTING JOHN 5g Philip Hobbs

72P2-74 SUB LIEUTENANT 11g Henry De Bromhead

1/205 TAMAROC DU MATHAN 5g Paul Nicholls

1-11 THE BIG BREAKAWAY 5g Colin Tizzard

2-2141 THE BIG GETAWAY 6g Willie Mullins

54-3124 THE CONDITIONAL 8g David Bridgwater

3P-8631 TOTAL RECALL 11g Willie Mullins

15-3111 YOUNG BULL 6g Harry Whittington

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