Find some Real Value

Gardie Grissell's gelding was one of last season's leading hunter chasers with a fine three-quarters-of-a-length second to Cavalero in the Christie's Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival to his credit.

Formerly a smart point-to-pointer, Real Value was only just caught on theclimb to the line that day after taking the lead at the third-last fence.

The nine-year-old has faced a step up in grade on his last two starts inhandicap chases but he has shaped encouragingly.

Looking in need of the race Real Value lined up for the Charisma Gold Cup at Kempton in October and ran well until lack of a recent outing told on the turn for home.

He came home in seventh place, about 25 lengths behind the winner Tremallt.

Last time he showed improvement in a 13-runner contest at Cheltenham.

He raced up with the leaders and held every chance three out only to weaken from the penultimate fence, in the end coming home fifth, beaten 18 lengths behind Royale De Vassey.

He ran as though he still needed the outing at Cheltenham and he can beexpected to improve further on that effort.

Real Value will strip a lot fitter tomorrow and the assessor appears to have let him in lightly off a mark of 119.

He is napped to win his first handicap.

Red Blazer can follow up a recent Fakenham success in the Oldwick Farm Classified Hurdle for horses rated 0-90.

The Tony Carroll-trained seven-year-old scored off a mark of 90 last time, leading five out before drawing four lengths clear of Dare.

A 3lb penalty does not look enough to stop his winning again tomorrow.

Venetia Williams has her team in top form and the Ross-On-Wye trainer canstrike with Avalon Buck in a division of thehorsesmouth.co.uk Novices' Hurdle.

A fairly useful bumper winner last season, the son of Buckskin has shown plenty of promise on his two starts over hurdles.

He has finished second in novice events at Haydock and Towcester, keeping on well when beaten eight lengths by Dark Crusader on the latter course.

Avalon Buck will have got the hang of jumping hurdles by now and he looks a good bet to open his account over timber tomorrow. Complete

Dirk Cove can complete a three-timer in the Hasseroder Handicap Hurdle.

Trained locally by Richard Rowe, the Irish point-to-point winner has shown progressive form in handicap hurdles this season, scoring at Towcester in November and Taunton this month.

At Taunton Dirk Cove readily defied an 8lb rise in the ratings to win unextended by three-quarters of a length from Table For Five.

Clearly on the upgrade, Dirk Cove can shrug off another weights rise to score again.