Value Bet columnist Matt Brocklebank highlights some helpful hints for punters heading into a busy period when the Flat and jumps worlds collide throughout autumn.
It’s autumn, if you hadn’t already noticed. The rain is pattering against the window close to where I do what I primarily refer to as work, and a much-feared ‘leaves on the line’ announcement was heard for the first time in ages at the train station just the other day.
If you’re lucky enough to be fully operational from the comfort of your own home, you’ve probably been rooting about at the back of a dusty wardrobe for some slippers (give them a wash, will you?), or may have heard the thermostat clicking into gear over the past day or two.
Some people genuinely loathe it – the worst of all the seasons, they’ll try to argue until they’re blue in the face as well …