Ludlow Brewing Company Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Resurgent veteran who has won three of his last five starts and he completed a Worcester double (2m7f, good) in gritty style last month; up another 3lb but he remains well handicapped on his best form and is a big player again in hat-trick bid.

10yo who turned things around when narrowly beating an odds-on rival in a C&D handicap (good; 11-2) in April; been absent since then but he's only 1lb higher than for that win and has claims if he can pick up where he left off.

Thorough stayer won at Hereford (3m1f, good) and Exeter (3m6f, good to firm) in March but he was pulled up in his final two runs in the spring; still has potential as a chaser but this is competitive and he comes with risks attached after 130 days off.

Record of 5-14 as a chaser but he's finished a well-held third over hurdles and fences in last two starts and latest was in a small field at Newton Abbot (3m2f, good) last Monday; bit to prove on balance and needs to get back near best.

Won twice over fences at Hereford (2m5f, good) in the spring; jumped well when second of three at Stratford (2m6f, good to firm) in August but he finished last of six at Fontwell last month; has been up and down since his last success and he needs to find more back up in trip.