Bomb Alaska, a long-time fancy for the Worthington Lincoln, is likely to run in Thursday's Doncaster Mile instead.
The prospect of a giving weight all-round in what is certain to be a strongly run on fastish ground in the Lincoln has prompted trainer Toby Balding to have a change of heart.
'The trainer has got the panic on over the ground and probably equally as importantly, on the ground, running in the Lincoln he'd be giving everything in the race from 9lb to up to 2st,' Balding told the Racing Channel.
'I'm much more inclined to run him on Thursday where's he entered in the Doncaster Mile.
'He has won on good to firm and he won the Newbury Spring Cup on fast ground.
'But I think in the Lincoln they'll go flat out from start to finish. In a conditions race, in which there won't be a lot of runners, there won't be the enormous early pace so you're not asking the same question.'
Bomb Alaska is quoted at 10-1 with Ladbrokes for the first leg of the 'spring double' at Town Moor on Saturday.
He would have to carry top weight of 9st 10lb in the Lincoln in which a maximum field of 24 looks certain.
In contrast there were only 14 entries for the Doncaster Mile, a Listed race over the round course, in which he would have to concede only 3lb or 8lb to his rivals.
