held up mid division, headway 11th, lead 14th, made last, ridden and headed flat, no extra
prominent, blundered 13th, driven 4 out, ridden and every chance 2 out, kept on one pace from last
towards rear, lost place 11th, behind when pulled up before 13th
chased leaders until ridden and lost place 5 out
led, pushed along 11th, headed 14th, ridden 4 out, hit next, stayed on one pace under pressure from 2 out
behind, pushed along 11, soon lost touch, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out
held up toward rear, headway 13th, chased leaders 4 out, ridden approaching last, stayed on to lead flat all out
mid division, outpaced 4 out, no impression
held up, driven 11th, never on terms
not fluent and always behind
raced keenly and soon chased leader, in touch when fell 10th
Mister Bigtime is best in on official BHB ratings but Brendan Powell's gelding remains a maiden in all types of racing and may not be one to trust implicitly so the vote goes to Farlington, who gets the verdict over another unexposed horse Moreluck. The last mentioned, an eight-year-old son of Roselier, has only had two starts so far, losing no caste in defeat behind Lillium de Cotte on his debut before disappointing at Huntingdon on Boxing Day. With Kim Bailey's horses in good form now, he may be worth taking a chance with but we prefer to side with Farlington. Howard Johnson's gelding is similarly lightly raced having had just three starts and has run to a decent level of form on his last two outings, latterly when chasing home Wuxi Venture at Catterick. The nine-year-old Simlet is coming to chasing rather late in his career and of more interest could be George Moore's Karajan, who has finished in the prize money in each of his last three starts. Another Chance has claims on the pick of his hurdles form but failed to impress on his chasing bow so we side with Farlington, who is taken to open his account.
