Call My Guest turned in a solid effort when a close third to Tiutchev at Cheltenham in December and is fancied to land today's Dine at Jubilee Club Hurdle at Kempton Park.
He runs off the same mark this time and some of his solid form for Jimmy FitzGerald as a fiveyear-old makes him look well weighted.
The ground at Kempton rarely gets slow, indeed it is forecast to be on the fast side of good at the moment, which will particularly suit the selection.
Call My Guest landed his biggest purse in a £10,000 contest at Market Rasen back in July on good to firm going, outbattling George Dillingham and Indian Jockey in a driving finish.
Interestingly, Mick Fitzgerald who rode the nine-year-old to both his successes last year, is reunited with him today, and this event looks something of a step down in grade.
Having been given a couple of spins on the all-weather since his Cheltenham run, he ought to be entering the race fully fit.
And the biggish field should ensure that his usual come-from-behind tactics can be used to maximum effect, given the likelihood of a decent early gallop.
Motet can go well at fair odds in the Clubhouse Novices' Hurdle. A decent stayer when trained by Geoff Wragg, his attentions have now been turned to a hurdling career by new handler Mark Pitman.
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