Big Fella Thanks for me. Am on at 25/1. He ran a cracking race last year as a 7 year old, and we all know the record they have in the race. It was a great effort to finish 6th as a novice, and he can only benefit from that experience this time around. He was ridden by Christian Williams last year, and he did make a few jumping errors, fiddling some of the fences before making quite a serious error at the 4th last. He was moving into contention at that stage, but just got a bit tired on the run-in. Hopefully Ruby will take the ride this time around, though I guess he's likely to plump for Tricky Trickster, who's age and inexperience gives him zero chance ;-) The experience of last year will have been invaluable, and horses often go back and perform much better once they know what it is all about. He has only had 8 runs over fences so is still very inexperienced, but to me that is more a positive than a negative, as it highlights just how much improvement there is in him, and just what a good effort last year’s 6th was. I think he's been given a very fair weight, and granted a clear round is sure to go close. Provided he turns up fresh and well on the day, I can see him going off at around the 8/1 or 10/1 mark. He'll definitely do for me.
