Five famous owners, horses, trainers and jockeys to follow as the jumps season OFFICIALLY returns

MUD, sweat and tears - determination is rather simply thing similar jumps racing.

And the caller play is backmost with an almighty bang astatine Chepstow this Friday.

The prime enactment gets underway heavy and accelerated with the Grade 2 Persian War Novices' Hurdle taking centre stage.

We saw a mates of consequent Cheltenham Festival stars strut their worldly astatine Chepstow past twelvemonth - and Paul Nicholls could person 1 to support an oculus connected with 6-4 fav Teeshan.

The Ditcheat brag volition beryllium aiming for a large play arsenic helium erstwhile again tries to tackle the Irish batallion led by Willie Mullins.

There volition beryllium loads of thrills and adjacent much spills arsenic the play unfolds - arsenic good as a precise antithetic Cheltenham Festival to the 1 we saw past year.

Here, Sun Racing takes you done immoderate of the cardinal names to support way of implicit the adjacent fewer months.

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Five celebrated racing owners

Sir Alex Ferguson

They don't travel overmuch bigger than the erstwhile Manchester United boss.

He's aiming for his champion play yet aft the world-record £660,000 acquisition of novice hurdler Regent's Stroll.

Sir Alex sparked astonishing scenes astatine the past Cheltenham Festival with 2 winners, and volition beryllium going for much of the aforesaid successful 2025.

Harry Redknapp

Legendary footie manager had a victor of his ain astatine the astir caller Cheltenham Festival.

But could his large extremity this twelvemonth beryllium the Grand National? His equine The Jukebox Man stays longer than the parent successful instrumentality and likes immoderate chopped successful the ground... truthful instrumentality his sanction successful your tracker.

A immense protagonist of racing who loves a punt, 'Arry volition beryllium connected screens a batch passim the season.

Tony Bloom

Continuing the shot theme, Brighton proprietor Tony Bloom is not shy of backing his horses with gargantuan sums of money.

Of people it has backfired successful the past… but his two-time Champion Chase king Energumene has won him bundles too.

Rich Ricci

If you don't spot the sunglasses first, past you'll astir apt spot the mullet.

And if you someway miss that past it volition beryllium the eye-catching, tailor-made suit that gets your attention.

Legendary proprietor Ricci is simply a immense deed wherever helium goes, 1 of the biggest owners successful the crippled and loved by punters for his straight-talking style… conscionable what you'd expect from a multi-millionaire banker.

JP McManus

You'll spot the iconic Irish punter's greenish and golden silks astatine racecourses everywhere.

Whether it beryllium successful the Gold Cup, Grand National (which helium won successful 2023 with I Am Maximus), oregon a novice hurdle astatine Hexham, bookies ever instrumentality screen erstwhile 1 of his is running.

Five celebrated horses to follow

Galopin Des Champs

Where amended to commencement than with the two-time Gold Cup champion trained by Mullins.

The superstar chaser of his property he'll beryllium coming backmost for a hat-trick successful March, but faces a full big of different monsters who look similar making the 2025 Gold Cup an implicit classic.

Ballyburn

You'll spot a communal taxable among galore of the apical horses - they're each trained by Mullins.

But this chap is thing special. Owned by David Manasseh, who was Gareth Bale's agent, helium has made mincemeat of each challengers and ne'er adjacent travel adjacent to being beaten.

He's presently favourite for the 2m Arkle and 3m Brown Advisory Novices' Chase astatine Cheltenham and already considered a banker by many.

Constitution Hill

Will helium oregon won't he? Will helium travel backmost arsenic the all-conquering hurdler of his age… oregon volition helium neglect to ever occurrence again?

Trainer Nicky Henderson is assured it's the erstwhile but we won't cognize for definite until the unbeaten hero, who missed Cheltenham past twelvemonth with illness, makes his instrumentality successful the Fighting Fifth Hurdle astatine Newcastle connected November 30.

Il Est Francais

French-trained equine enactment successful 1 of the astir jaw-dropping performances of past play erstwhile hosing up successful the Kauto Star Novices' Chase astatine Kempton connected Boxing Day.

His jumping was ridiculously bully - past it each went incorrect erstwhile helium finished dormant last, beaten 55 lengths connected his adjacent run.

He came backmost with a triumph this twelvemonth and the King George, the large contention backmost astatine Kempton connected Boxing Day, is his people erstwhile again.

Lossiemouth

Stunning grey mare has been beaten conscionable erstwhile successful her nine-race vocation and often forms portion of immoderate punter's 'banker multiple'.

She looks similar going for the Champion Hurdle this twelvemonth successful which would beryllium a clash for the ages against Constitution Hill and State Man.

Five celebrated trainers to follow

Willie Mullins

Who else? The reigning British and Irish champion jumps trainer.

He besides mops up large prizes connected the Flat these days and everyone other is playing for 2nd best.

Nicky Henderson

Legendary British trainer has won it each successful his vocation - isolated from the Grand National.

He'll combat to marque that close again this twelvemonth from his Seven Barrows base.

Paul Nicholls

The astir palmy Brit trainer of his time, fewer are amended astatine grooming 3m chasers.

His feistiness and tendency to triumph person not wavered implicit the years and helium goes to warfare with a beardown squad this season.

Gordon Elliott

You could reason Elliott has been connected a betterment ngo since his dormant equine photograph shame… but that was a bully fewer years agone present and helium is firmly backmost connected his feet.

Has yet to capable the void near by Tiger Roll (who won the Grand National twice) but has immoderate large horses coming through, including Brighterdaysahead and immense Supreme Novices' Hurdle fancy Romeo Coolio.

Dan Skelton

Nicholls' erstwhile protege, Skelton has proven himself an exceptional placer of horses.

Whether they beryllium Grade 1 winners oregon handicap crippled jobs (see Langer Dan), helium isn't acrophobic to tally his horses, speaks his mind… and bags loads of winners with member Dan doing the steering.

Five celebrated jockeys to follow

Rachael Blackmore

Became a planetary superstar with her 2021 Grand National triumph and hasn't looked back.

She has a precise calm, quiescent riding benignant and ever seems to eek retired that spot other successful the thrust for the line.

Paul Townend

Mullins' No1, helium has arguably the champion occupation successful racing.

But with it comes immense pressure. Has shown clip and again helium tin grip it connected the large stages and is an fantabulous scholar of gait successful a race.

Harry Cobden

Hollywood Harry, with his swagger and cardinal dollar smile, is the main antheral for Nicholls.

Totally unflappable, helium is nearing successful connected the 1,000 vocation triumph people and is, amazingly, inactive lone 25.

Jack Kennedy

Elliott's main man, Kennedy is the aforesaid property arsenic Cobden but already has a Gold Cup to his sanction arsenic portion of 12 Cheltenham Festival wins.

He has been incredibly unlucky with injuries so, provided helium has a wide run, volition beryllium close up determination again successful presumption of winners.

Nico de Boinville

Henderson's trusted antheral successful the saddle, De Boinville is arsenic chill arsenic a cucumber and conscionable who you'd privation connected a pressure-packed ride.

Victories connected legends specified arsenic Sprinter Sacre, Altior, Coneygree, Shishkin and Constitution Hill beryllium that.

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