Tom George is busy making plans with owner Roger Brookhouse for Black Op and Summerville Boy, after both horses opened their accounts over fences impressively on last week’s seasonal reappearances. Both novices are Grade 1 novice hurdle-winning sons of Sandmason.

Black Op got off the mark at Stratford, having twice been placed over the bigger obstacles last term before reverting to hurdles, and Summerville Boy scored on his chase debut at Uttoxeter.