17:05 Bath

Friday 25 May 2018

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:35

MJ Church Plant & Transport Handicap

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 1m 1.6s

(8)

Handytalk²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: B R Millman| OR: 84| C| D

3/1

Course winner last summer and should be better for both his return from an absence here last time and also the quicker ground.

Form: 12524-5

(4)

Leo Minor²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: E J Walsh⁽³⁾| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 83

7/2

Lightly raced and has run to a consistent run of form in three starts returning from an absence. Unraced on ground this fast but was placed at Listed level as a juvenile for Aidan O'Brien and likely there's more to come.

Form: 06-8332

(6)

Belledesert^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: R Winston| T: Steph Hollinshead| OR: 79| C

9/4

Likes this track and was a good second here two starts back that would make her a leading player off the same mark. Given hard task in Listed Kilvington Stakes last time and should make her presence felt back at this level.

Form: 37-4829

(2)

Union Rose^p⁸⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: S Hitchcott| T: R Harris| OR: 77| CD

7/1

C&D winner and has been well suited by this track in the past. On a fair mark but needs to step up on some below par runs since last win on AW in December.

Form: 16-7357

(5)

Fethiye Boy²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Edward Greatrex| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 75| CD

9/1

C&D winner here on quick ground last year but still 4lb higher than that mark and could do with some further help from the handicapper after two well beaten runs this year.

Form: 1148-80

(1)

Edged Out²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-9| J: Nicola Currie⁽⁵⁾| T: C Mason| OR: 72| CD

16/1

Would have needed the run after a near year absence and on unsuitable soft ground earlier this month. On a workable mark and in these conditions is worth a check in the market.

Form: 38/731-6

(3)

Silverrica²⁷⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 8-4| J: J F Egan| T: M S Saunders| OR: 67| C| D

20/1

Goes well here and while she hasn't won since early 2016 she has gone well fresh in the past and is 8lb lower than her last winning mark.

Form: 257766-

Non-Runners

(7)

Midnightly¹⁵

Weight: 8-12| Age: 4

T: Rae Guest J: R Havlin

Forecasts

Belledesert (9/4), Handytalk (3/1), Leo Minor (7/2), Midnightly (7/2), Union Rose (7/1), Fethiye Boy (9/1), Edged Out (16/1), Silverrica (20/1)

Plenty of course specialists on show again but a chance is taken that LEO MINOR will be well suited by the track having broken better last time to race on the pace and his trainer seems to finding the key with yet another sprinter. Top-weight Handytalk should be better for his reappearance here recently while Belledesert was outclassed in Listed company last time but reserves her best for this track and looks likely to go close. Midnightly is also having her first run here but is improving and is open to more further progress than most.