Big Leader made it three consecutive wins from three runs, when winning the William Hill Summer Cup at Thirsk .  This was the feature race on the card worth Stg. £15,700 to the winner.  Winning this race qualifies him for the Stg. £100,000 handicap at York on August 22^nd.  He went to post as the 6/4 favourite and had to be at his toughest to get past the second horse and get to the winning post a neck in front.

It has been a great training performance by Geoff Oldroyd to bring off the hat trick.  His jockey stated that he continues to progress and will even be better next year.  However the handicapper has taken notice and has now increased his official rating to 94.