DEFINITE DREAM (3) returns from a 155-day spell. Concluded the last prep with a minor placing in a hurdle (3800m) at this track, beaten 16 lengths. Set to run well again while fresh. BYZANTIUM (2) has failed to figure this prep. Came to grief first-up in a hurdle (3200m) at Plumpton. Followed that up with a sixth, beaten 14 lengths, in a hurdle (3700m) at Newton Abbot. Cannot be written off. RED PANDA (5) was very good when returning from a layoff most recently, beaten 25 lengths into third in a maiden hurdle (4000m) at Fakenham. Capable of another forward showing. REALISTIC OPTIMISM (4) returns from a 136-day spell. Concluded the last campaign finishing fifth in a hurdle (3200m) at Fakenham, beaten 21 lengths. Already a winner over the obstacles. Sure to be primed and expected to be thereabouts.