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Zestful Hope has a lot of weight and I will have a look at the ground before deciding whether to run. If it's wet and they can go throughit  we should be fine. Each-way chance if we run.

Party Fuzz ran well first time out at Ffos Las last season but after that he was never really right. This is a tough contest to start him back in, Again he is fully capable of being placed.

Apple Rock didn't manage a win last season but ended on a positive note with a good third and his mark is some way down on its peak. He seems very well for this comeback and the ground should be suitable. I think it's a good opportunity.

Gerard Mentor has had a good season already, winning three races. He loves fast ground and rain would ruin his chance. This could be his last run before a winter break and if the rain stays away he will go close.

If Richard Hughes' horse runs anywhere near his flat form he will take plenty of beating but I'm happy with Western Zephyr going into this race. He won a point easily before joining us and was quite impressive first time in a bumper at Huntingdon when he made all the running. I think we can…

Accidental Legend hasn't achieved much so far but going up in trip on softer ground could help. He could run much better as he has a pretty low handicap mark and this looks an ordinary race.

Punctuation won both his races for us last season and while he has gone up in the weights, we are hopeful he can start the winter where he left off at Newbury.

Maninsane has taken well to jumping fences and in this small field he must be a threat. I think he will enjoy getting back on a flat track after struggling to get up the hill at Carlisle last time.

Shighness is our best chance of a winner at Market Rasen today. She stays well and should enjoy the trip. I like her chance as she has been doing similar work to Foster'sisland and Grange Ranger who both came back with excellent efforts at Wetherby.

Statu Of Liberty came back from a break with a creditable third at Chelmsford last month and then put in almost a replica effort again in third there a week ago. She has the most experience in this field and while the drop back to six furlongs is not an obvious move, this straight track…

King Of The South just needed the run after the layoff when sixth not beaten far in the Listed race at Kempton. This is more his thing as he always goes well here and he's back in handicap company. In great shape and we're very hopeful of a fifth course win.

Optimise Prime is in good form at home but he needs to come back to his best after his disastrous season. I'm hopeful he will, and he certainly has the ability to be competitive off his mark.

We ran Quinta Do Mar in better class races over hurdles last season having won twice including around here earlier in the campaign. We gave him an initial run over fences for his seasonal debut at Uttoxeter and he shaped nicely. Able to run in this 0-130 and with the fitness from that reappearance to…

Does He Know has had a really difficult start to his season and this was never his intended race. Sandown being  abandoned last week did not help and now he carries 12 stone over 3 miles 3 furlongs. That said, he is well and we will be delighted if he is placed

We've waited for the ground for Slipway and it should be just about okay for him to make his seasonal debut. He ended last season with an impressive win at Perth and has been ready to run for a while. Hopeful of a winning return.

Grange Ranger is usually a sound jumper but last time he made a mistake, fell and landed on his read end, causing a haematoma which took six weeks to get rid of, thereby ending his season. He would prefer more cut but runs well here and is not without a place chance.

Karl Philippe had a productive season over fences mainly in small fields and despite not always jumping securely. He is back in good form at home but on this return we hope in this bigger field the jumping doesn't let him down.

Anightinlambourn ran her heart out last time, just being denied over the course and distance, I fear though that the handicapper has over-reacted putting her up 6lb and she might have reached her maximum. It will take another major improvement for her to figure in this even deeper handicap chase.

Ocean Drifter had good form two seasons ago but following an injury the following year returns now after 568 days off the track. He has been schooling and working well but obviously will improve for the outing after such an absence.