Tout Lalor.

Should state that i have no interest in PTP/Hunter chases but i see that the Fav for the 4.10 Taunton hasn't ran on a Racecourse for 1255 days, and that was at somewhere called Dax. Must have been off for about 900 days after that before going pointing and being rather successful, usually in very small fields running around, well fields! Notice also has never won on soft ground.
  Again in my ignorance does this warrant it being fav against Lalor winner of a C2 chase at Newbury 2 years ago from 145, only one run since when 2nd in hunter chase at Wincanton recently, looking at the ratings of horses in that race confirms that Lalor isn't anywhere near the horse that beat Al Dancer but is he still good enough to beat the Fav?
   Any experts tell me what you think?