Racecards
14:40 Brighton
Toteexacta Banded Stakes (Class H) (Class H)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 6f 209y
- Going: Good to Firm
Mayfair Maundy
578- Form 00500/
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
pulled hard, led, headed over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
- Form 5554-00
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
in touch, ridden and chased winner final 2f, but no chance with winner
- Form 423522
- Age 6
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey T Block
held up last, headway to lead over 2f out, clear over 1f out, comfortable
In depth
Verdict
When Banded racing came into existence, four runner-affairs of this type was not what the powers-that-be had in mind, but they all take winning and Tiny Tim looks the one to broaden the smiles of the holiday-making crowd. The Andrew Balding selection has been knocking at the door in similarly low-grade contests for two months now and will rarely get a better chance of winning his first run. He ought to win. Mayfair Maundy could be given chance based on a Lingfield second to Queens Jubilee in August 2002, but he has been absent for 578 days. The other pair have shown very little to date. Overall, then, this looks a big chance for Tiny Tim.