summer jumping; that follows a series of wet/flood winters when multiple Fixtures were lost as the adjacent River burst its banks.

The Fixture today is a late replacement for Hereford and it has been several years since Worcester raced this late in the year.

The Going stick reading is 6.0 and I looked back and this is the lowest Going Stick reading here since 6.2 on 9/20/2014 when

the Going was genuinely soft and 11/7/2012 when a reading of 5.8 indicated Heavy Going, so I think it will be genuinely soft with

The 2.30 sees Arthurs Gift as clear favourite but I can't see he is great value and is primarily a Good ground horse. The same applies

to Degooch and the best value towards the head of the market sees to be CRAIG STAR. It unseated last time and carries a penalty

for a nice win, over  shade further at Kelso; that track usually rides softer than advertised, so I have far fewer going concerns especially

with the proven stamina, than about many of the others. SKYBET go odds to 4th place and with a clear round and luck in running

therefore the 15/2 looks very solid each way value to 4th place. I would see Pop Rockstar as a danger, it may need further and

heavier though, but could make up a lot of places up the straight and one for the forecast, and the other dark horse/placer could be

Finual, has won first time out before and once who could make in to a nice horse this winter, one to watch/track for sure.