Take advantage of quick transfers to gain a pre-festival advantage over rivals

The clock is ticking to make changes to your Tote Ten To Follow teams with the transfer window slamming shut at 5pm on Monday.

Each stable has two changes available, so what tactics should players adopt even if they are happy with their original ten horses? One answer would be to take advantage of racing before Monday to notch a few cheeky points.

A player could introduce to their stable one of the runners from the Ten To Follow list in action on Sunday in Ireland. After the race that horse can then be transferred out again in favour of one more likely to land Cheltenham bonus points. You could even bring back the original selection.

Sunday’s Leinster National at Naas has a trio of potential points scorers in Chef Des Obeaux, Dounikos and General Principle. All three also hold entries in the Grand National in April, so a win this weekend would leave owners with a decision: leave them in and target Aintree bonus points, or switch to a Cheltenham Festival candidate?

Another Aintree candidate in Anibale Fly is entered at Naas on Sunday, with a spin over hurdles the potential catalyst for an upturn in form.

Earlier on the card Royal Rendezvous and Dallas Des Pictons meet in the Grade 3 Naas Directors Plate Novice Chase. There will be 15 points, plus Tote returns, on offer to give a quickfire boost to stables looking to switch one of their horses pre-Cheltenham.

In Britain, Jamie Snowden’s Hogan's Height and Harry Whittington’s Young Bull could pick up points at Warwick on Sunday.

However players choose to use their Ten To Follow transfers it is key to get the most from the two changes available. So even if a stable looks fully stocked with Cheltenham hopefuls there are ways to get one up on your rivals and score extra pre-festival points.

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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