Paddy's Pick 5: Our free tips for Saturday's £25,000 jackpot

William Of York represents owners who enjoy seeing their horses run at the northern tracks and he showed enough on his sole start in a bumper 19 months ago to suggest he has races in him, even if he proves too rusty to strike here in a competitive little contest.

If you want to be the sole winner of the £25,000 prize, you'll need to take on the market leaders at some stage ... so let's take on likely favourite Prairie Wolf with AUTUMN RETURN, a good recent winner at Market Rasen for Ruth Jefferson. That looked an above-average contest of its type and the way she cleared right away on the run-in would give hope that this extra distance should be right up her street.

Not the biggest field, but not an even easy contest to unravel given that even the longshots, Thomas Darby and Oscar Elite, are unreliable sorts but almost certainly capable of striking here if the mood takes them and the race is run to suit.

Thomas Darby was shorter in the betting last year than Indefatigable and Proschema but finished behind both in this race. Preference of the trio is for INDEFATIGABLE, having been given a similar spin that she enjoyed on the Flat that put her right for success in this race last year. Sporting John heads the forecast betting but he'd probably prefer a stiffer finish to bring his rivals back to him.

ROPEY GUEST hasn't encountered soft ground so far this season, but he's shown plenty of times in his younger days that he handles these kind of conditions - indeed, there's even a chance he might be most effective on it.

Runner-up in both the Buckingham Palace and the Bunbury Cup this season, he's still on the same handicap mark as for both of those big performances. Victory here could knock out a few players holding tickets for shorter-priced and sexier rivals.

Revich has a not-dissimilar profile, but didn't seem to have any excuses when third at Ayr last time and a bigger threat could come from Godolphin pair Ghaly and King Of Conquest.

The big one and a fantastic old race that has thrown up some utter headscratchers when looking at the roll of honour (Ballybough Rasher anyone?)

One thing we do know though is that Paul Nicholls loves targeting this race with some of his smartest chasers and it would be a surprise if BRAVEMANSGAME isn't fit enough to do himself justice first time out.

Although the fences aren't tough around Wetherby, a horse who gets into a good jumping rhythm can be very hard to catch. Ahoy Senor will surely be ridden boldly on that basis, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with the favourite's fencing either and he can overhaul him up the home straight.

Judged on pedigree, a few of these could really struggle if the ground comes up properly soft and the turf will have taken a bit of a pounding by this stage of the day. Chelsea Green and Queen Fleur both offer clear doubts on breeding.

Instead, go for DREAM OF LOVE for Godolphin. Sire Shamardal has thrown plenty of soft-ground performers and this filly's dam Secret Gesture, a thorough stayer, both broke her maiden in heavy going and finished third in a Group One at Deauville in the same conditions.