bet365 Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

New connections could unlock better from Sony Bill, below his best on chase debut after a string of fencing errors at Ballinrobe — fading in the closing stages; a useful hurdler who thrives when the ground yields, he has the ability to progress over the bigger obstacles, though the mark is stiff enough.

Won here by three lengths two starts back and followed up with a solid second last time off the same mark he carries today; in fair form with a trainer at 36% and dual headgear applied for the first time — well within his compass at 2.5m and a genuine threat.

Won by 16 lengths on chase debut at Stratford last time off a mark 8lb lower than today's; with his fencing career still in its early stages and suited by 2.5m on good ground, he arrives as the most unexposed runner here and rates the chief danger to the top-rated horse.