led, slipped and blundered badly first, headed 4th, joined winner 9th, ridden 11th, kept on but always held from 4 out
tracked leader, blundered badly 1st, led 4th, made rest, stayed on well
Disappointingly just the two runners stand their ground for this handicap chase and the vote has to go to Tino, who is taken to give weight and a beating to Blazing Batman. The selection showed respectable form on his first start back from a summer break when finding just the progressive Flora Muck too good at Uttoxeter. Off the same mark and, with his jockey able to claim a valuable 5lbs today, Jeff King's gelding is the obvious choice. Blazing Batman has slipped to an attractive mark and cannot be dismissed lightly having shown signs of a return to form at Market Rasen earlier this month but Tino has to be the selection.
