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Nigel Twiston-Davies spread his net far and wide on Saturday and his Uttoxeter raid paid off when Whereareyounow put up a fine staying performance to win the £50,000 Singer & Friedlander Handicap Chase.

Whereareyounow (9-1), who carries the colours of Raymond Mould, was sent into the lead from the outset by Warren Marston and jumped well to go clear of the opposition from three out.

He galloped on through the testing ground to pass the post with 17 lengths to spare over Gunner Welburn, with Kock De La Vesvre three-quarters of a length further away in third.

Whereareyounow is among the entries for the John Smith's Grand National, but Twiston-Davies's representative Emma Emtage said: "I am not sure if he will get in and I don't know if it is the plan to go to Aintree.

"But I think he will have a run at Cheltenham - he is in the cross-country race and the Mildmay Of Flete."

She went on: "We had 15 runners declared for today, and Carl (stable jockey Llewellyn) had a hard choice to make in deciding where to go."

Gunner Welburn is 13 now but he still retains his enthusiasm, and he is also in the National.

Trainer Andrew Balding said: "I don't think he will go there - he won't get in. He could go for the Grand Military (at Sandown) or the Kim Muir (at Cheltenham)."