Disclaimer: Compulsive gambling can harm your health and relationships, and leave you in serious debt. If you have a problem with gambling and you’d like to stop, support and treatment is available. To find information, support and counselling on gambling addiction, please visit the NHS website: www.bit.ly/NHSGambling

KEMPTON Park and Newcastle lead the way this weekend over the jumps, while the Winter Derby is the feature event on the level at Lingfield Park with several interesting punting races for us to decipher.

The Handicap Chase (Kempton 3.37) is the big punting race of the day and with a dry weather forecast, spring horses need only apply for this spring three miler, cue bottom weight CAP DU NORD.

A late closing fifth in this contest last year, this definitive hold-up handicap chaser is now set to run off a handicap mark some 15lbs lower and with the ground drying up so his chance has gradually improved through the week.