Friday 17 October

The form of Important Business' last outing took a significant boost yesterday when Archimboldo who finished third at Uttoxeter, went and absolutely bolted up at Ludlow, I have rarely seen a easier winner, eventually prevailing by a hard held 8 lengths which looked as though it could have been double that. Archimboldo had already finished second since he met IB at Uttoxeter and was due to go up 6lbs from the weekend, but his efforts yesterday will force the handicapper to reassess once again which should make IB on a very attractive mark. Luckily IB will be entered for Aintree and Chepstow on Monday before revised weights are published on Tuesday so if they put him up, due to the efforts of Archimboldo yesterday that will not effect him.