Ben Pauling is looking forward to an exciting season with Handstands, who will make his first start in open company in Saturday’s Grade 1 Betfair Chase.

The team assess the live action on ITV, featuring day two of Cheltenham’s November Meeting and Wetherby

L'eau du Sud introduced himself as a major Champion Chase contender after readily brushing aside Jonbon to deny him of a third victory in the feature Shloer Chase at Cheltenham on Friday.

Ben Pauling’s excellent start to the season continued when Diva Luna ran out a comprehensive winner of the Yorton Mares' Novices' Chase at Bangor on Wednesday.

Wednesday’s placepot picks include six selections from Bangor

The importance of purchasing National Hunt horses out of France continued to prove key during the opening Graded races of the UK jumps season, with Blueking d’Oroux, Rubaud and Mambonumberfive all successful.

The team assess the live ITV action from Saturday…

William Hill has put up a £500,000 bonus to any horse that wins one of three designated trial races before following up in the Randox Grand National at Aintree later in the season.

Saturday’s placepot picks include six selections from Chepstow…

The team looks at the action from ITV this afternoon.