Tidal Bay cleans up to put Graham Wylie silks back in the frame

The colours of Andrea and Graham Wylie, which were such regular sights across the racecourses of Britain and Ireland for the first two decades of this century, racking up a high of 59 winners in Britain in the 2008-09 season, are now dominating the Tote Ten To Follow leaderboard.

Six teams bearing the Wylies’ silks and the name of their 2012 Lexus Chase winner Tidal Bay, and two more with their triple World Hurdle winner Inglis Drever, dominate the table.

Top of the heap is the Tidal Bay 014 team, in which all ten stablemates have contributed points with the inclusion of Conflated, who was picked by only 5.9 per cent of players, and State Man, who features in only 12 per cent of squads, making the difference in propelling this team clear of the pack.

Editeur Du Gite was the biggest Ten to Follow points scorer over Christmas thanks to his win in the Desert Orchid ChaseCredit: Edward Whitaker

Conflated contributed a 54.30-point haul in winning the Savills Chase, a bonus race, while Champion Hurdle hope State Man notched 27.80 points in the Grade 1 Matheson Hurdle.

Bravemansgame brought festive joy to 46.7 per cent of stables in the King George VI Chase at Kempton, picking up 55.35 points, while later on the card Constitution Hill spread the seasonal spirit wider as he breezed to victory in the Christmas Hurdle, earning 27.25 points for 71.9 per cent of stable followers.

At the other end of the scale, there were just 0.1 per cent of stables who gained from Editeur Du Gite’s Desert Orchid Chase win. That made him the top scorer over Christmas with 56.50 points and took him to fourth in the overall list.

The latest standings

LEADING HORSES
1 Home By The Lee 87.50 points
2 Protektorat 60.70
3 Edwardstone 58.10
4 Editeur Du Gite 56.50
5 Bravemansgame 55.35
6 Constitution Hill 54.60
7 Conflated 54.30
8 State Man 54.20
9 Blue Lord 51.60
10 Le Milos 47.80

LEADING TEAMS
1 Tidal Bay 014 462.61 points
2 Nelzig 58 436.38
3 Tidal Bay 04 418.11
4 Tidal Bay 22 409.81
5 Inglis Drever 26 409.43
6 Inglis Drever 021 408.41
7 Tidal Bay 015 407.28
8 Tidal Bay 09 404.51
9 Tidal Bay 011 401.91
10 Hit The Line 22 393.09

LEADER'S TEAM
Protektorat 60.70 points
Edwardstone 58.10
Bravemansgame 55.35
Constitution Hill 54.60
Conflated 54.30
State Man 54.20
Facile Vega 39.42
Jonbon 37.59
Galopin Des Champs 27.25
Energumene 21.10

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