'He's potentially as good as any chaser we've had'

10g Indian River – Native Mo
Brocade Racing
1/234/11-
RPR 177c OR 168c
We had one of the wettest winters and the wettest February on record but when Native River ran at Newbury in the Denman Chase the ground was quick. We thought about pulling him out of the race but felt we had to run – and he won – but he picked up a small injury that eventually forced him out of the Gold Cup. It was a big shame because he was in brilliant form. He's not finished at all and he's in great form again at the moment. We want to give him two runs before the Gold Cup, and if it's soft ground there it will help him. There aren't too many races before then for him anyway as he'd be carrying a stone more if we went back to something like the Welsh National, so we'll look to go back to the Many Clouds at Aintree, which he won last year. The Grand National isn't on the owners' agenda, everything is geared up to getting him to the Gold Cup. He's forgotten about a bit but he's a brilliant stayer – not many horses have finished first, third and fourth in a Gold Cup.

Native River: heading back to AintreeCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

Nelsons Rock
5g Mount Nelson – Neardown Beauty
Middleham Park Racing
P311- (point-to-point)
RPR 92p
He's the first horse we've trained for Middleham Park and it was nice to have a few of the syndicate members down at the yard last week. He's got some decent point-to-point form – although it's not the very best – but he could be anything. He's a good-looking horse and we're looking forward to running him. He'll begin the season in a bumper soon.

No Hubs No Hoobs
4g Flemensfirth – Miss Brandywell
Taylor and O'Dwyer
Unraced
He's a really nice-looking horse. We didn't run him last season, with this season in mind. He's a big type who will develop into a three-mile chaser in time and is a brother to a 137-rated chaser called Killer Miller. We're excited about running him and he'll probably start off in a bumper.