The destination of the title of leading open race winner of 2019 looks wide open going into the last couple of months of the year.

Chopchop Hope £5,000 318 17
Swift Biscuit £4,850 291 17
Droopys Live £4,900 630 16
Seaglass Tiger £14,675 474 16
Quantum Leap £4,250 548 15
Desperado Dan £9,400 556 14
Chubbys Caviar £5,750 557 13
Coolavanny Dylan £11,500 276 13
Droopys Gold £14,700 498 13
Goldies Hotspur £5,500 735 13
King Turbo £13,100 491 13
Magical Houdini £7,100 343 13
Antigua Fire £14,200 669 12
Gislebertus £3,175 378 12
Rahyvira Hope £2,325 548 12
Troy Bella £3,550 285 12
Lemon Jetson £3,025 258 11
Plaza Lep £2,550 486 11
Shotgun Bullet £3,050 651 11
Aayamza Breeze £13,618 837 10
Affleck Bolt £2,950 653 10
Brigadier Bullet £2,800 668 10
Caislean Fifi £10,500 432 10
Emers Cookie £2,350 484 10
Haggswood River £2,350 679 10
King Cash £2,450 487 10
Lamorna Fi Fi £2,300 415 10
Seaglass Celine £3,250 542 10
Sharpys Pluto £2,700 610 10
Sheldan £10,225 668 10
Stardom £22,700 701 10
Turnhouse Jet £10,550 480 10
Union Jack £12,200 402 10
Bockos Doomie £7,825 483 9
Burgess Honey £5,100 787 9
Droopys Carat £2,825 457 9
Fridays Geldof £2,050 327 9
Goldies Hoddle £2,550 350 9
Ice On Fire £9,325 491 9
Lenson Wilson £2,250 476 9
Magical Icarus £3,100 686 9
Roxholme Jim £2,250 498 9
Savana Jessica £2,500 400 9
Slaheny Star £3,550 523 9
Small But Deadly £2,050 488 9
Trade Fudge £3,300 502 9
Avastorm £2,150 687 8
Droopys Cannon £2,150 450 8
Droopys Nirvana £2,300 495 8
Droopys Trapper £2,500 483 8
Droopys Trawler £2,450 499 8
Honour Turbo £1,800 500 8
Joella Reggie £2,000 483 8
King Sheeran £16,400 488 8
Layton Boy £2,000 460 8
Locnamon Mike £2,175 629 8
Melodys Secret £2,175 439 8
Queen Cher £1,850 481 8
Roxholme Glory £1,950 491 8
Salacres Punch £1,900 388 8
Savana Class £3,000 380 8
Shoot The Bolt £2,550 564 8
Sporting Dave £2,950 501 8
Swift Casey £2,000 542 8
Aayamza Express £11,700 584 7
Antigua Vows £1,950 554 7
Art Of Speed £1,950 296 7
Ballymac Maxi £1,875 424 7
Ballymac Tully £1,500 289 7
Black Eyed Hula £2,000 499 7
Cactus Twink £1,750 546 7
Coney Kuccini £1,750 494 7
Down To The Felt £1,550 499 7
Droopys Denny £1,800 576 7
Droopys Noodle £3,800 539 7
Droopys Reel £4,150 338 7
Droopys Verve £2,250 491 7
Fitenwell £2,675 480 7
Gabriel £1,750 675 7
Galloping Moon £2,450 522 7
Geelo Barclay £1,750 563 7
Goldies Ginola £2,050 480 7
Madabout Rose £1,550 275 7
Magical Vera £2,000 484 7
Miss Boley £2,000 425 7
Mottos Moon £2,210 541 7
Move Over Evie £1,650 414 7
Nowhere Fast £3,000 497 7
Rocket John £1,750 491 7
Roxholme Nidge £26,200 440 7
Savana Dare £1,750 517 7
Savana Sasha £1,850 499 7
Seaglass Phantom £2,100 496 7
Shaneboy Bowie £1,900 479 7
Silva Hill £1,750 339 7
Sleepy Genie £2,900 390 7
Swift Tarquin £1,975 609 7
Tree Top Jet £2,300 278 7
Wokeen £1,700 301 7

On Monday connections announed the retirement, through lameness, of the brilliant and consistent Chopchop Hope. Yvonne Gaskin’s bitch had previously topped the 2018 table with 20 victories, but will not be adding to his year’s total.

Droopys Live, in joint third place, will be retired if she joins them on the 17 win mark in Wednesday’s Yorkshire St.Leger Final, while Seaglass Tiger is another long term absentee through lameness.

Which brings us to Swift Biscuit who hasn’t raced since September, when he was actually beaten by Chopchop Hope.

Trainer John Mullins said: “He picked up a hairline fracture of the hock. But he has responded to treatment. But if he comes off okay after his gallop next week, he could be trialling back within the next fortnight.”