No I am not going to provide a selection, merely an observation, this is the first National Hunt race that I have looked at in many a year where not a single runner has had a recent outing either jumps or flat, rekindles memories of long ago when you looked in the paper as a new season, flat or jumps started and all the runners had the little dash after last years form, sad I know, but thought it was worth highlighting especially as there are 18 entries, it has no doubt happened previously I dare say but would be surprised if it had happened in such a large field on many occasions in the modern era seeing as so many horses mix flat and jumps.