'Ronnie Bartlett assures us he's in the same category as Simonsig and Ballyburn' - five Nicky Henderson dark horses for the season

Jumps stable tours are back! Powerhouse trainer Nicky Henderson kicked off our must-read winner-finding series in Tuesday's Racing Post newspaper, in which he outlined plans for his legion of stars in a free eight-page supplement. Sign up to Racing Post Members' Club Ultimate with 50% off for your first three months to get exclusive access to our unmissable stable tour series as the jumps season ramps up. You can find out more here.

Available as a free sample below, Henderson shares five potential dark horses for the season, including a £400,000 purchase and a filly who "could be anything".

• Nicky Henderson: 'He has enormous potential and really is the most gorgeous big horse - he'll go novice chasing and he should be top-class' 

Ideal Des Bordes

6g Coastal Path - Carmen Des Bordes
Mrs C Hanbury & Mrs H Mackenzie Smith
1/332P-1
RPR 118h OR 118h

He's a point-to-point winner who got off the mark for us at the fifth attempt in a novice hurdle at Kempton in May. He might not be as high on everyone's radar as some, but I think he could be progressive going three miles over fences. He could be an exciting project and he's certainly an individual who could go a very long way in that sphere.

Incisive

6g Crillon - Charmoise
RA Bartlett
1- (point-to-point)
RPR -

He's owned by the one and only Ronnie Bartlett, who assures us he's in the same category as [his Cheltenham Festival winners] Simonsig and Ballyburn, so we'll do our best to keep him unbeaten. He won his only point-to-point in Scotland this spring.

Minella Premier

4g Shantou - Solas Me Suas
OS Harris
1- (point-to-point)
RPR 94p

We paid £400,000 for him and I hope he's a high-class horse. He was certainly impressive in his point-to-point in Ireland in May, which he won by 12 lengths, and he's going very well. I think he'll almost certainly go over hurdles. He's a very exciting prospect indeed.

That's Nice

4f Walk In The Park - Bloody Mary
JP McManus
1- (point-to-point)
RPR 87p

She was impressive when she won her only point-to-point in Ireland in February and she looks an extremely exciting prospect. She's coming along nicely and is ready to start over hurdles this autumn. She could be anything.

And an unraced horse . . .

Uptown Lass came from last year's Goffs Land Rover Sale and is a very good individual who showed us plenty of sparkle in the spring. She was all but ready to run in a bumper and we think she's capable of winning in that sphere before embarking on a hurdles career.

Racing Post Members' Club Ultimate

It's that tantalising time of year when the jumps season gets into full swing and Racing Post Members' Club has everything you need to make the most of the winter – including a fabulous sign-up offer of 50% off for your first three months.

As has become tradition for racing followers, we're about to launch the jumps season proper. The Big Jump Off, our 72-page jumps season guide, is out now and our ever-popular stable tour series is up and running courtesy of Seven Barrows supremo Nicky Henderson.

Then the treats will keep coming thick and fast as the nights draw in and we edge ever closer to the extravaganza that is the Cheltenham Festival, including:

• Stable tours with the top trainers in the sport, starting with Nicky Henderson (available online to subscribers at 6pm on Monday)
• A new weekly column from pro punter Mark Holder on the horses you should be following and the horses to avoid (starts on Tuesday, October 29)
• Regular Ante-Post Pricewise columns in which Tom Segal picks out the early value in the season's biggest races, kicking off with the Coral Gold Cup on Wednesday, November 6
• Interviews with the sport's key players and investigations into the crucial issues in our weekly Big Read

Plus you'll get our regular daily dose of top tipping from the sport's top judges, led by Segal and Paul Kealy, as well as golf's greatest tipster Steve Palmer, whose advice on the week's golf tournament is now exclusively available to Members' Club Ultimate subscribers from 2pm every Tuesday. On top of that, you get a range of newsletters every day, including Chris Cook's award-winning The Front Runner, the best of our news and racecourse reporting, race replays and analysis of every race run in Britain and Ireland, and our brilliant Horse Tracker.

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