1.   Fondmort was third to two previous winners at Newbury after his success here.

2.   The Lisburn event traditionally draws big names, as a glance through the previous winners list confirms.

3.   The highest placed North-Easterner was Simon Gillam from Newcastle, a previous winner, who was sixth.

4.   Previous winners include DH Lawrence, EM Forster, William Golding, James Kelman and William Boyd.

5.   She is likely to follow up on her solid victory over previous winner Ribhi at York in October.

6.   The only previous winner running is good old West Tip.

7.   Also, the license winners will, for the most part, come to market after the three previous winners in each market.

8.   As a previous winner, Janzen broke an Olympic custom for the Open.