Crick all set for Another success

Another Crick can score for the first time this season in the Berkshire Community Foundation Handicap Chase at Ascot tomorrow.

Noel Williams’ eight-yearold has run with credit on all three starts since his return fromalongabsence,andheappears to have been found the right opportunity here.

Another Crick is paying his first visit to Ascot, but had no trouble with right-handed Kempton – over just short of this trip – when doubling his career tally two years ago, on his last appearance before a 654-day lay-off.

Thatperformancecameon good ground, as forecast this weekend, and was enough to see him resume his chasing career from a 10lb higher rating at Warwick last month. In between,hehadreturnedwith promise when a hurdles runner-up at Uttoxeter in December – and then both his close fourth at Warwick and sixth in aGradeThreeNewburyhandicap were in strong company.

This assignment is less taxing, and Another Crick has shown enough to indicate he can win off his current rating in these conditions.

The same is true of Tinnahalla, who tops the weights in theprecedingBetfredJuvenile Handicap Hurdle.

Olly Murphy’s four-yearold was reassessed 16lb superior for dispatching the useful Homme Public at Catterick.

That runner-up won next time – and although he was then well-beaten in the end after racing prominently in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, he was well-backed in that ultra-competitive CheltenhamFestivalracelastweek.

TinnahallasatouttheFestival, and connections’ patience can pay dividends with a decent prize here. He was also runner-up to a useful opponentonhissecondofjustthree startstodateoverhurdles,and hisFlatformandpedigreesuggests this better ground will be no problem at all.

The Flat turf season moves intoaseconddayatDoncaster’s openingmeeting,anditwillbe no surprise to see Secret Victory announce himself with a first success on grass in the 32Red Casino Handicap.

Charlie Appleby’s gelding is a two-time all-weather winner this winter, over a mile at Kempton and slightly further on his latest appearance at

Wolverhampton last month.

Hehasbecomeaprominent racer who stays well, and this move up to 10 furlongs – with

JamesDoylebackinthesaddle –promisestosuitideallyonhis return to turf.

The son of Dubawi is out of amarewhostayedwellbeyond thistrip,andhebeatagoodand in-form yardstick last time.

The more experienced

Outbox is also fit from the allweather, and ought to be difficult to beat in the Unibet Conditions Stakes. The sixyear-old was a decisive winner,onhisthirdstartforArchie Watson, in a Wolverhampton handicap this month.