Paul Ferguson tracks a route for Skeltons from Carlisle to Aintree

The National Hunt season steps up again in November and on the first Sunday of the month Carlisle stages the Colin Parker Memorial Intermediate Chase, a race which is often a springboard into open company for a high-quality second-season chaser.
It is possible that Dan Skelton sends Grey Dawning north ahead of his Betfair Chase bid some three weeks later but he tends to need his first run of the season and this could also be where we see Iroko make his return, on the back of an encouraging – and interrupted &#...