MARKET RASEN (26 Mar 2006) Soft

4:10 Rase Veterinary Centre Handicap Chase (class 3) (5yo+,0-135)

[off 4:11] £14,313.20, £4,202.00, £2,101.00, £1,049.40 14 fences (2m6f110y) 2m6½f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Little Big Horse (IRE) Mrs S J Smith 10 11-8 D O´Meara 15/8F 126 — —

2 1¾ Big Rob (IRE) B G Powell 7 11-5 L Aspell 11/4 123 — —

3 24 Silver Knight T D Easterby 8 11-9 R Garritty 4/1 127 — —

4 9 Latimer´s Place J A Geake 10 11-4 J A McCarthy 4/1 122 — —

F Kid´Z´Play (IRE) J S Goldie 10 11-12 R McGrath 20/1 130 — —

5 ran TIME 6m 14.90s (slow by 44.90s) TOTAL SP 106%

NON RUNNERS: Classic Capers ,Gazump (FR)

1st OWNER: Paul J Dixon BRED: A D C Cathers TRAINER: Mrs S J Smith

2nd OWNER: P H Betts

3rd OWNER: C H Stevens

TOTE WIN £3.30 PL £1.30, £1.90; Ex £7.40; CSF £7.02

ANALYSIS: Not a strong line up for this valuable handicap chase in which LITTLE BIG HORSE gained his fifth course success. Although he was on and off the bridle a bit, he stayed on strongly after drawing clear with the runner-up from the fourth-last. He's a versatile sort as he acts on any ground, but he goes particularly well here and was winning off a career-high mark.

Soft

4:30 Charles Stanley Handicap Chase (class 3) (5yo+,0-125)

[off 4:30] £7,828.75, £2,312.50, £1,156.25, £578.75, £288.75, £145.00 12 fences (2m1f110y) 2m1½f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Madison Du Berlais (FR) M C Pipe 5 11-0 A P McCoy 3/1F 118 124 129+

2 4 Big Rob (IRE) B G Powell 7 11-9 L Aspell 7/2 121 128 131

3 2 Key Phil (FR) D J Wintle 8 11-4 W Marston 7/2 116 121 124

4 7 Roofing Spirit (IRE) D P Keane 8 10-10 b1 D Jacob(5) 7/1 113 110 116+

5 23 Lesdream J D Frost 9 10-9 C Honour(5) 25/1 112 81 90

6 11 Jarro (FR) Miss Venetia Williams 10 10-9 C D Thompson(10) 8/1 117 72 84

7 1¾ Just A Touch P Winkworth 10 10-5 P Hide 16/1 103 56 68

PU Young Collier J A B Old 7 11-12 J M Maguire 11/2 124 — —

8 ran TIME 4m 35.00s (slow by 26.00s) TOTAL SP 118%

1st OWNER: Roger Stanley & Yvonne Reynolds II BRED: Jean-Marc Lucas TRAINER: M C Pipe

2nd OWNER: P H Betts

3rd OWNER: The Key Partnership

TOTE WIN £4.10 PL £1.50, £1.70, £1.70; Ex £18.10; CSF £15.03; TRICAST £38.34

ANALYSIS: This was another affair where the ability to handle the conditions was at a premium. MADISON DU BERLAIS followed up his Market Rasen win off a 6lb higher mark and appears to be going the right way in this sort of grade. He stayed further than this trip in France and he could well improve again when stepped up in distance on this evidence as he seemed to find more when threatened.

Big Rob is now on a career-high mark but seemed to run his race and can be placed to score again somewhere.