ANOTHER BATT is taken to spring a shock in the SBK Lincoln Handicap (3.35) as curtain goes up on the 2022 Flat season at Doncaster on Saturday.
Three Newmarket-trained four-year-olds - Mutjaba, Modern News and Saleymm - head the betting for the one-mile test. The trio are lightly raced and going places - but that’s reflected in their skinny odds for the 22-runner cavalry charge.
By contrast, Another Batt - the first runner of sharp-as-a-razor North Yorkshire trainer David Barron’s partnership with daughter and former assistant Nicola - is seven years old and, with 36 starts on turf to his name, has plenty of miles on the clock.
