Plenty to discuss.
I've been through the Greatwood Hurdle Entries. Of the two trackers I was expecting to be entered, (If The Cap Fits and Solomon Grey), only If The Cap Fits has been entered. Maybe they want to wait a bit longer with Solomon Grey or go novice chasing.
One with form that ties into both the above horses on Boxing Day at Kempton is Harry Whittington's Simply The Betts. He has a Greatwood entry, but could also run in the Handicap Hurdle at Ascot this weekend with Gavin Sheehan booked to ride. He is very interesting first time up in a handicap hurdle, with no surprise to me if he does the business. He is currently 8/1 for Saturday, top price 33/1 for The Greatwood. If he wins Saturday he must go shorter for The Greatwood, but I need to look at the last few renewals to measure his chance of actually making the cut on a rating of 130.