Karl Hedley with some horses that can hit the ground running this season

The nights are drawing in and the Flat season across Ireland is ending for 2023.

That means that attention is now switching to the national hunt sphere as we charge towards the Christmas period in anticipation of the winter and spring festivals. All of the top national hunt yards will be cranking up the gears in the coming weeks as they prepare to target their stable stars at all of the top races. I have highlighted below some of the runners who have caught my eye already and they may well have bigger targets in min...