Mick Run In Balance

Young Mick is 50-50 to take his chance in Saturday's totesport.com November Handicap at Doncaster.

The five-year-old progressed from maiden claiming company to be a Group Three winner last season but he has failed to win in four starts so far this term.

Last seen when finishing fifth in a Listed event on the Kempton all-weather last week, Young Mick is in the reckoning for the seasonal finale on Town Moor.

Trainer George Margarson said: 'Young Mick is 50-50 at the moment. He ran at Kempton on Saturday night, and he seemed to come out of it really well.

'He was always on target for the November Handicap and we thought the race at Kempton would be a soft option for him, but it didn't turn out that way.

'Good to firm ground would be ideal for him, and if Doncaster rides as it has been, I'd be over the moon.

'It's like a carpet there, and the track is fantastic there now. I've got no worries on that side.

'I think he prefers big fields and his better races have been when they've gone an even gallop, and not stop-start.

'He likes being able to get into the race when it the pace starts to pick up.

'You've got Rose Hill at Doncaster, which provides a nice breather coming down, and the long straight which will play to him.'

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