Popular veteran can see off younger rivals

Credit: Harry Trump

5.05 Lingfield

SP forecast 5-4

Officially, Big Fella Thanks has it to do against Dont Do Mondays, a wide-margin handicap winner under similar conditions last spring, but his recent runs in points for a new yard point to slippage. The same cannot be said so strongly of 15-year-old Big Fella Thanks, who was second in a point in December and reverts to a more suitable trip back under rules.

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Published on 19 February 2017inHorse racing tips

Last updated 20:33, 19 February 2017

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