THE racing on Saturday had a ‘pre-Cheltenham’ look to it but there was plenty of interest at Kempton, where Harry Fry’s Bags Groove picked up the winning thread again in the Grade 2 888Sport Pendil Novices’ Chase.

A chaser with a future, Bags Groove was making if four from six over fences and this was compensation for a lacklustre display in the Kauto Star Novices Chase here over Christmas.