However, a return to two miles for the Grade 2 Wayward Lad Novices' Chase at Kempton Park over Christmas resulted ... over two miles and three furlongs at Haydock Park in November.

Harry Derham was full of plaudits for his jockey Paul O’Brien having watched Givemefive make all the running to win the JCB Challenger Two Mile Hurdle Series Final Handicap Hurdle at Haydock.

The Widdow Maker was only a narrow winner in the qualifier at Exeter but I thought he won with more in hand than the margin suggested and he is capable of following up in the final at Haydock.

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