It's good to be back.
Knightwick kick-starts the pointing season on Saturday (November 9th) with a six race card that has amassed a healthy 65 entries and the first contest is scheduled to be off at mid-day.
Clerk of the course Jim Squires is confident of "lovely jumping ground " for the meeting with the official going at the time of writing standing at "good to soft and soft in places."
And one trainer certainly meaning business is Hannah Roach, who has no fewer than eight entries on the card - with four of them in the featured Mixed Open.
Obviously all of the quartet - Gracchus De Balme, Iskandar Pecos, Time Leader and Willewonga - are unlikely to take each other on and go to post but the yard's selected will make plenty of appeal.
Gracchus De Balme would be a very interesting runner as he was picked up for £12,500 at the sales over the summer, having previously been an inmate at the powerful Joseph O'Brien yard in Ireland.
The eight-year-old was very highly rated at one time and boasted very decent form on soft conditions for O'Brien over fences so would not be inconvenienced by any give underfoot at the Worcestershire venue .
But it may not be one way traffic as Nickie Sheppard's A Jet Of Our Own comes into the reckoning on the back of some solid performances last term when he proved a model of consistency for his connections.
The Conditions (Level 2) contest has an open look about it but Myth Buster might prove the value answer as he handles most types of ground and stays very well.
Enigmatic would probably sum up The Composeur, who is decent on a going day and anybody backing him in the Conditions (Level 3) race will be hoping he is in the right frame of mind as he could take a lot of beating.
As usual, the Maiden has something of a minefield look about it with so many relatively unexposed types nestling in 21-strong entry .
However, Dropematthestation really caught the eye on his debut at Cotley last spring. If he takes up this engagement instead of waiting 24 hours for an entry at Dunsmore he could provide Georgina Ellis with her first winner as a trainer since taking over the reins from her husband Tom.
If he does bypass this contest then the way may be open for the Nick Pearce-trained The Village Way, who has shown enough to merit plenty of respect
The Grass Roots Riders contest which raises the curtain on the card has somewhat disappointingly only drawn five entries and Killer Clown can make a winning start between the flags for owner/trainer/rider Daisy White.