Beat the deadline: entry window closes on Saturday for jumps Tote Ten To Follow

How the game works
The Racing Post compiles a list of more than 500 horses, from which players pick a stable of ten horses to represent them during the 2021/22 jumps season from 11.01am on Saturday, November 13 until 7pm on Saturday, April 9.

You can enter the Tote Ten To Follow here

How much does it cost?

It’s a £5 or €5.50 (in Ireland) entry fee per stable and giving access to a free-to-play game. Each player has one entry in the free-to-play game.

The prizes
There is a £100,000 guaranteed prize pool. The total pool is determined by the number of entries and pays prizes down to 500th place, plus monthly prizes. Ten per cent commission is taken by the Tote to cover the costs of running the game, with the rest of the net pool distributed in prizes.

The winners
Thirty-five per cent of the pool will go to the winner and the remainder will be divided from second to 500th place, minus 12 per cent to cover four monthly prizes from December to March. The free-to-play game has raceday prizes.

The scoring
Horses gain points as follows:
Grade 1 win = 25 points
Grade 2 win = 20 points
Grade 3 win = 15 points
Listed win = 12 points
Any other race = 10 points

Extra points
These are gained based on a payout of a £1 each-way bet with the Tote.

The bonus races
There are 21 bonus races (see below) which are worth an additional 25 points to the winner and 12 points to the second.

The 21 bonus races and last season’s winners
Betfair Chase (Haydock) Bristol De Mai
Ladbrokes Trophy (Newbury) Cloth Cap
Tingle Creek Chase (Sandown) Politologue
King George VI Chase (Kempton) Frodon
Welsh Grand National H'cap Chase (Chepstow) Secret Reprieve
Savills Chase (Leopardstown) A Plus Tard
Irish Champion Hurdle (Leopardstown) Honeysuckle
Irish Gold Cup (Leopardstown) Kemboy
Betfair Handicap Hurdle (Newbury) Soaring Glory
Arkle Trophy Chase (Cheltenham) Shishkin
Champion Hurdle (Cheltenham) Honeysuckle
Queen Mother Champion Chase (Cheltenham) Put The Kettle On
Brown Advisory (formerly RSA) Chase (Cheltenham) Monkfish
Ryanair Chase (Cheltenham) Allaho
Stayers’ Hurdle (Cheltenham) Flooring Porter
Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Cheltenham) Minella Indo
Betway Bowl (Chase) (Aintree) Clan Des Obeaux
Aintree Hurdle (Aintree) Abacadabras
Marsh (formerly Melling Chase (Aintree) Fakir D’Oudairies
Liverpool Stayers Hurdle (Aintree) Thyme Hill
Grand National Handicap Chase (Aintree) Minella Times

Example
Al Boum Photo won the 2020 Gold Cup and received 25 points for a Grade 1 win, 25 points for a bonus race, 4.33 for his Tote win return and 1.80 points for his place return for a total of 56.13 points.

The deadline
The game opens for entries at 11am on Monday, October 25 and closes at 11am on November 13, when horses begin scoring. Selections may be changed freely until the deadline.

What’s new for 2021/22?
The Angler’s Algos: an auto-fill algorithm designed to select the best horses for your stable. Whether you want the algorithm to pick one, two or all ten horses it will pick a balanced stable optimised to score the most points across the season. The algorithm has been fine-tuned to select the optimum balance of stable. This includes targeting bonus races, selecting bankers and picking wildcard horses who can make the difference.

More information: see how popular each horse is as horse lists can now be sorted by percentage picked, highlighting the percentage of stables with that horse in; or most points last year. See the Racing Post Verdict on each horse, sort by bonus races, expected distance, RPR, and race types to get all the info to pick the perfect ten.

Substitutions
There will be a seven-day transfer window in early March, when two substitutions can be made to lists.

Terms
The Tote Ten to Follow is open only to entrants with a UK or Irish address and a verified Tote account. All players must be 18 or over. It is not open to employees of the Tote or Racing Post. Entry is online only. For terms & conditions see rules at point of entry and key terms below*. You can enter .

* – Key Terms: £5/€5.50 per stable in the paid game. Guaranteed min. total prize pool of £100,000 (or € equivalent) with prizes paid for first 500 places (see full terms for details). Maximum one entry per person in the free game for racecourse membership and ticket prizes. Entries close at 11am GMT 13th November 2021. UK and ROI only. Full Terms and Conditions apply. 18+ Begambleaware.org

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