led narrowly after 1f, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong
held up, hard ridden and headway 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders until weakened quickly halfway, virtually pulled final 2f tailed off
chased leaders, carried wide bend well over 1f out, rallied to chase winner over 1f out, ran on final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, slipped through on inner well over 1f out, led over 1f out, ridden and kept on well final furlong
held up well in rear, still plenty to do 2f out, ridden and slashed tail over 1f out, stayed on
dwelt, driven up to press leader after 2f, hung right from 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
slowly into stride and always behind
led for 1f, stayed chasing leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
dwelt, behind, hard ridden halfway, outpaced final 2f
It would be no surprise to see Big Bad Burt show improvement for his first venture into handicap company but joint-weights St Savarin and Resplendent King look set to fight out the finish here, with Resplendent King just preferred. The Terry Mills trained gelding displayed improved form when finishing a close up third behind Desert Image in a slightly better race than this a couple of weeks ago and if reproducing that effort must go close. St Savarin was only beaten two lengths in a class C handicap here last time over the seven furlong trip, he may not be quite as good over this longer distance but still holds strong claims. Big Bad Burt has shown enough in three maidens to suggest he may well have been let in here on a fair mark, and with the stable landing a major coup with a similar type on Monday, this one warrants plenty of respect. Rickay Martan and Archerfield hail from stables who do well here at Lingfield so are worth a look in the betting, but after much consideration Resplendent King is given the vote.
