Nicky Henderson has two here in the form of Theatre Glory and ten-year-old Call Me Lord, who won this race back in 2018, 16 lengths ahead of Lil Rockerfeller. The 145-rated hurdler hasn’t been in the same form since, running in handicaps more often than graded company and on his most recent outing he finished 20th of 26 in the Coral Cup at the Cheltenham festival last month, with Langer Dan claiming victory.
Needs to show much more than he did that day if he is to be in with a shout here. Form in handicaps wasn’t too bad before that run but this is tougher.