Hi there, Matt. I take it you're in UK or betting there as jumps races are about to be axed here. I remember some great heroics from some wonderfully courageous horses over the jumps. Crisp and Lots Of Time were great champions and a perrenial favourite of mine was a slow old thing called Prince Lindal who only began to wind up after about 4500m. An awful memory I have is of a great Kiwi jumper called Bell Flight who was 200 metres in front coming down the straight at Flemington in a Grand National when he fell. I can still hear John Russell's call of that sad event ringing in my ears. The horse was shockingly injured and had to be destroyed. Another tragic defeat (although I believe the horsewasn't injured) was in the Aintree Grand National of 1956 when Devon Loch was miles in front only to miss his stride and sprawl on the turf yards from the post. You can view that one on Youtube, the whole 6 + minutes. Dick Francis, the later to be literary character, was the rider.
I too followed the jumps closely last season and there was a real pattern there in the races around Victoria's western districts. Invariably an old trier called My Big Fat Greek Horse would lead and just about win but get run down in the last 200 metres or so. I think I broke about square on them but it isn't all about money, is it? For those who think it is, I suggest you go to Youtube and watch a clip by Carl Sagan called Pale Blue Dot. Anyway, welcome and good luck.