'This should be right up his street and he's in better shape than last season'

Nick Williams, trainer of Coo Star Sivola
He's entered in the Badger Ales Chase at Wincanton on Saturday and we'll see how he gets on there as regard future plans, but he's much more likely to go to the Becher Chase at Aintree.

Joe Tizzard, assistant to Colin Tizzard, trainer of Mister Malarky, Copperhead, Lamanver Pippin and Slate House
Mister Malarky ran well at Ascot the other day and would be our likeliest runner at this stage. Copperhead ran poorly on his comeback but would be a possible runner. Lamanver Pippin would probably have to run out of the weights if he went for it so he may have to go elsewhere. Slate House is set to tackle the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham next week so is a doubtful runner.

Paul Nicholls, trainer of Danny Whizzbang, Kapcorse, Secret Investor, Topofthegame, Truckers Lodge & Yala Enki
It's always been the intention to run Topofthegame and we're well on schedule for it. Danny Whizzbang is going to run somewhere this weekend and after he won at Newbury last year I thought he'd be an ideal one to go there. Secret Investor would be ground-dependent – if it were soft he definitely wouldn’t run, but if it were decent he’d be a possible. Kapcorse is more likely to run in the Sir Peter O'Sullevan race the same day. It's good to have him back but he's unlikely to run in this on his first run of the season. Truckers Lodge and Yala Enki are unlikely runners unless the ground is very testing.