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Peking Rose is back from a layoff through injury. We are looking for a nice return to racing for her and hoping for a solid run.

Mistral Blue was a well-beaten 2nd in a bumper at Fakenham last time on her return to action. This track and today's longer trip should suit her better, but her jumping could be novicey and she is probably best watched. Each-way chances, but risky.

Heracles Westwood needed his last run, but jumped well and has been going nicely at home. The penny was starting to drop towards the end of last season, so I'm hopeful he will keep building on his experiences and maintain the improvement.

The Kalooki Kid ran a nice race last time, staying on all the way up the straight to the finish. That was his hurdles debut after some promise in bumpers and now over the longer trip he can go very close.

We run two in this mares' bumper and Giver The Hollie has the racecourse experience. Placed in two of three points, she ran promisingly on bumper debut when 5th at Warwick and can improve on that here.

There was always a big question mark on whether free-going Global Esteem would get the trip over hurdles. A miler on the flat, his second run for us was encouraging, finishing 4th at Kempton after making the running. Small each-way chance.

Young Buster won nicely over 2m4f at Warwick in May. Hopefully, he will stay today's trip this winter  - he did win a 3m point in Ireland - and if he does, he's the one to beat.

You can put a line through Sageburg County's last run, when he really didn’t seem to enjoy conditions. He has been in good form and schooling well at home since Warwick and will no doubt put in a much better performance today.

Contre Ordre started off running very poorly on his arrival from France but picked up a lot when 4th around here three weeks ago. His mark has come down a long way and it isn't that he's not capable of winning races - he was successful on the flat, over hurdles and fences in his…

Four of today's quintet at Sedgefield started out in France and unsurprisingly none of them will be bothered by these testing conditions. Coup De Coeur is the most recent arrival and after falling after tiring on unsuitably fast ground at Wetherby on stable debut, he ran much better here in 3rd earlier this month. He's…

Before Midnight was bought at the Dai Walters part dispersal in May and so far he has been disappointing. He was a classy chaser for the Sam Thomas yard, though, and it's probably only a question of when rather than if he will come back to his best. Hopefully today.

Secret Squirrel did it nicely on both his bumper appearances last season. This is a  great place to start him off hurdling. I expect he'll be green first time jumping and hope he's going to stay.

There might only be five runners but off top-weight, this is a really tough ask for Destroytheevidence. Three miles will help, though, and David Bass knows him well and the horse is in good form. Hopeful.

We've always thought a lot of Kamsinas and nothing he has done so far has swayed us from that opinion. Far from disgraced in 2nd at Cheltenham when he lost a shoe on the way round, he can resume winning ways here.

Finn Russell has been disappointing, latterly over jumps. Sometimes horses can be reinvigorated when they come back to the level, and certainly from this mark, he has the ability to show a little more.

Bugise Seagull's Irish point-to-point form was strong and while he'll improve for the run he should go well. Obviously, the Snowden and McCain horses are the ones to beat.

Coniston Clouds got his head in front in a hurdle race at Carlisle over this sort of trip last season. He jumps fences well and if he gets a clean run round on debut, could be in the shake-up. We've always thought a bit about him and there's still time for him to develop into…

Mr Grey Sky won well at Huntingdon but he was being challenged by New Found Fame two from home and it might have been close if that horse had not fallen. We take him on again in a far stronger affair than Huntingdon. That said, this ground will suit us better so every chance.