Monday 1 October 2012

Monday Racing at Bath

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A little interest in Bath, with the ground causing the demise of Ayr, leaving a decent card to perish, their card for tomorrow is also under threat. With Folkestone already succumbing to the conditions tomorrow. It leaves a card at Wolverhampton and Sedgefield: don’t get too excited. Anyway, sticking with Bath, no jokes about the dirtiness of the card please, an interesting runner in the first is RUN IT TWICE for Brian Meehan, and interestingly enough, Paul Hanagan booked for the ride. Well held in three maidens, then gelded, and eight on handicap debut, beaten five lengths. Switched to turf, he was a very good second of sixteen at Chepstow, still showing signs of greenness, and hanging right, but still battled well. The penny seems to be gradually dropping, and he is tried at 10 furlongs for the first time, 4lb higher, but he looks over priced on should run well.

CIRCLE OF ANGELS will be far more suited to SDS aboard the filly as opposed to Jamie Spencer, who has made desperate attempts of riding on his last two runs, and the four year old is back to a trip where she seems at her best. Her record over 10 furlongs reads 04313. She will appreciate the better ground, and down 2lb for her last run, she has previously run well over course and distance, off a 5lb higher mark.

The division two of the equivalent race is an even more competitive affair, with Elbow Beach a non-runner, leaving fourteen remaining acceptors. The Giving Tree has been ‘Hugh Taylored’, which helps the prices in the market. Dynamic Duo is similarly short due to the Hannon/Hughes factor, and Danube River should be bigger if it weren’t for the stable form of Mark Johnston. Marvo and Pelham Crescent both run out of the handicap, and Spanish Plume, Hawaana, Focail Myth and Heezararity haven’t won for an age. Keep chipping away eh? Focail Myth could be a dark horse back at a more appropriate trip, and Wordismybond won well last time out for shrewd connections, but the two I like are Pandorica and Rawaafed. Pandorica is a very game and tough filly, but does her best running on soft ground, daffodils, and Welsh turf. She is yet to win in five attempts at Bath, although has three wins over the trip. RAWAAFED is dropped a very lenient 6lb for third last time out at Wolverhampton, and with five runs to his name, the three year old gelding is still unexposed. Paul Hanagan is riding very well as of late, typified with Gabrials Kaka’s win at Epsom yesterday. 11lb down from his initial mark, I think there is plenty of improvement to come, pedigree suggests as much anyway.

It’s interesting that SUN SEAL runs in maiden company, despite having the obligatory three runs and attaining a mark of 75. Hughie Morrison’s three year old Cape Cross filly’s best effort was last time out, when fourth of seven at Kempton over a mile and a half. She was behind Bedazzled that day, who ran well in a good handicap at Haydock Saturday finishing second. Watching the run back from Kempton, she travelled well, before finding little in the closing stages. Dropping down an extra two furlongs would seemingly suit her, and Darryl Holland replaces Rab Havlin, who has a 24% strike rate at the track this season.

WELSH BARD is the Sir Mark Prescott stereotypical handicap improver after looking utter pants in maidens, and the well bred son of Dylan Thomas can carry on his propeller like improvement off a 6lb higher mark for a Wolverhampton win two weeks ago. He is unexposed and will appreciate the step up in trip to two miles.

2.20 Bath – Run It Twice
3.20 Bath – Circle of Angels
3.50 Bath – Rawaafed
4.20 Bath – Sun Seal
5.20 Bath – Welsh Bard (Nap)


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