Preview comment:
… while stablemate Polski Max could be interesting if recapturing early-season form. Likewise Dick Bos while Thunderball showed signs of a revival last week when just behind Pearl Ice, who now carries extra. Graham Gibbons rode the latter on Town Moor but has now switched to stable companion COLONEL MAK.
Explanation:
DICK BOS, like POLSKI MAX, has some win and placed efforts in May and June 2013 but his performances fell away in July and August.
THUNDERBALL finished third behind PEARL ICE in the Download The Ladbrokes Bingo App Handicap over 6 furlongs at Doncaster just over a week before the Silver Cup. It was the gelding’s best performance in seven races since winning a 6f handicap in March 2013, also at Doncaster.
PEARL ICE won that race on 12 September 2013 and so, just like SIR REGINALD, carries a 5 pound weight penalty for winning a race within a certain period before the Silver Cup i.e. PEARL ICE carries extra weight than he was originally allotted for the race.
Doncaster race course is also known as Town Moor. Jockey Graham Gibbons rode PEARL ICE to win at Doncaster but will now ride COLONEL MAK in the Silver Cup. Both PEARL ICE and COLONEL MAK are trained by David Barron. The implication of the jockey switching mounts could be that COLONEL MAK has a better chance than PEARL ICE of winning.
COLONEL MAK is in capitals in the preview comment because it signifies this is the previewer's selection as the likely winner of the race.
