Kevin Hutton’s recent Betfred Select victory has taken him to within 13 points of Paul Young in the Trainers Championship, though the Romford trainer could extend that margin if he has a good night at Hove on Thursday.

Meanwhile Patrick Janssens could also take fifth place back from Charlie Lister if his Thursday finalists came up trumps.

The top six places appear to be sorted though with Graham Holland unlikely to significantly increase his total, predicting the year end top ten would seem a much greater challenge.

Champion trainer Mark Wallis is currently 12 open winners adrift of his ‘one a day’ target for the year.

Pos Trainer Points W R % TPM
1 M A Wallis 746 198 710 28% £120,580
2 S A Cahill 518 87 365 24% £255,540
3 P W Young 353 114 637 18% £69,545
4 K R Hutton 340 97 382 25% £61,860
5 C R Lister Obe 291 55 245 22% £62,215
6 P Janssens 263 56 232 24% £33,700
7 G D Holland 189 16 47 34% £37,195
8 P J Rosney 166 51 238 21% £25,420
9 E Mcnair 165 27 100 27% £27,605
10 J G Mullins 163 44 271 16% £29,330
11 E T Parker 160 64 221 29% £26,110
12 K P Boon 158 28 151 19% £33,180
13 C A Perry 150 30 105 29% £25,705
14 H Keightley 146 13 26 50% £20,828
15 P J Simmonds 145 56 351 16% £33,215
16 A Harrison 142 23 64 36% £37,465
17 E A Gaskin 130 50 292 17% £25,440
18 R Devenish 127 34 120 28% £17,545
19 D Mullins 119 47 296 16% £27,030
  B D O’Sullivan 119 32 194 16% £20,175

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