Big Fella bidding for back-to-back victories

Big Fella Thanks bids to bag back-to-back victories over fences for the first time when he goes for a second success in the StanJames Supporting Greatwood Gold Cup at Newbury.

Big Fella bidding for back-to-back victories
Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
Ashley Iveson

The Tom George-trained top-weight took this race in 2010 when in the care of Paul Nicholls – but that signalled a drought which only ended on his latest start at Wincanton.

“It had been a while since he’d last won, it was this race when he was with Paul Nicholls, so it was nice to win with him again,” said George.

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