Highbeath found that everything was happening a little too fast for him last time out at Doncaster. After getting outpaced at a crucial stage he was never able to get back on terms after being hampered by a faller on the entrance to the straight and finished well beaten behind Anabranch.
That was a decent contest and the seven-year-old's first outing for a couple of months. He should strip a deal fitter in the James Halstead Handicap Chase at Carlisle today.
Highbeath may have most to fear from top-weight Chipped Out, who is likely to try to make all, but could set the race up for the selection.
Mary Reveley's Saltburn string are really firing after a tardy start to the term and this drop in class of should enable Highbeath to go very close.
The yard have a good chance of scoring a double with Linlathen who runs half an hour earlier in the Hethersgill Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle.
A consistent sort who sees three miles out well, the eight-year-old ran a great race last month when runner-up to Hit The Canvas and will benefit from the handling of experienced conditional Graham Lee.
With the pick of the recent form and his stable in such good form, Ganpati will be a warm order - and rightly so - in the Hoechst Roussel Panacur EBF Novices' Hurdle.
Nigel Twiston-Davies' sevenyear-old crushed Jazz Track by 10 lengths at Leicester before trotting up from modest opposition at Fontwell. She is progressing nicely and an assessment of today's opposition reveals quantity rather than quality.
Cheerful Aspect is the logical choice in the Ebrington Handicap Hurdle at Warwick.
