14:10 Bath

Monday 1 October 2018

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Iesis Group Nursery

Off time: 14:12 | Winning time: 1m 10.86s

(5)

Swiss Pride³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Finley Marsh⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 75

4/1

Weakened rapidly when finishing last of 12 at Sandown (5f, good to soft) latest, but much more of a threat based upon his 3L fourth to Don Armado on nursery debut at Glorious Goodwood (6f, good to firm); stablemate of Coastguard Watch.

Form: 523240

(4)

Pont Vert⁶¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 72| D

6/1

Made all when a ¾L scorer at Leicester (6f, good to firm) 61 days ago; absent since; makes her nursery debut with that form franked by the runner-up Gold Arrow (dual winner), and both the third and fourth placed horses (also winners since).

Form: 561

(2)

Michaels Choice¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: S De Sousa| T: W Jarvis| OR: 72

2/1

52,000gns yearling; firmly on the premises in each of his last two starts (5f-6f), so ought to prove competitive on nursery debut with Silvestre De Sousa booked to ride.

Form: 034

(3)

London Rock¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon| OR: 70

6/1

€57,000 yearling; remains a maiden after five starts; best effort came on nursery debut at Ffos Las (5f, good to firm) when a 1¼L runner-up to Glorious Charmer; place chance, but no more.

Form: 06425

(11)

Coastguard Watch¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S J Cummins⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 68

25/1

€31,000 yearling; has failed to beat a single rival in two starts on turf (6f), but did make the frame at Chelmsford in early September when a distant third to More Than Likely; nursery debut; stablemate of Swiss Pride.

Form: 030

(13)

Second Collection^h⁴⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Dane O'Neill| T: A W Carroll| OR: 66

12/1

Raced twice on turf in June (6f Goodwood) before being given a two month break; 25/1 when finishing just over 2L fourth of nine to Penarth Pier in a 6f Wolverhampton novice latest; nursery debut; stablemate of Nagging Doubt.

Form: 564

(12)

Comete^b1⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A Watson| OR: 65| BF

14/1

€22,000 yearling; showed the first signs of ability when runner-up in a 6f Wolverhampton seller nine days ago; prominent racing tactics more challenging to employ from a wide draw; blinkered for nursery debut.

Form: 6662

(10)

North Korea¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: William Carson| T: B P J Baugh| OR: 64

25/1

Made all when winning readily on nursery debut at Lingfield (5f, good to firm) in July; not so effective for David Evans since and claimed for £4,000 after finishing fourth to Islay Mist at Beverley (5f) last month; wide draw.

Form: 214554

(8)

Nananita¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: Liam Jones| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 61

14/1

Five-race maiden; placed on both starts in nurseries, including when just over 3L third to Valentino Sunrise at Ffos Las (5f, good); dropped 1lb in a stronger race.

Form: 93533

(1)

Lady Wolf²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-2| J: F Norton| T: B R Millman| OR: 56

20/1

Half-sister to five winners including Mattoral (1m+ AW); shown mainly modest form in three starts so far (5f-7½f); not likely on nursery debut.

Form: 780

(9)

Ever Rock¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-2| J: K T O'Neill| T: J S Moore| OR: 56

33/1

Never involved sixth of eight on nursery debut over C&D last month (firm); possible she'll strip fitter for that race and is eased 3lb in the weights, but couldn't be realistically considered to trouble the judge.

Form: 8446

(7)

Glamorous Crescent¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-0| J: J Quinn| T: C Mason| OR: 52

50/1

Standout best effort came on nursery debut at Ffos Las (5f, good) recently when a fast-finishing fifth of 14 to Valentino Sunrise (re-opposing Nananita third); is she able to build upon those initial signs of ability now upped in trip?

Form: 60965

(6)

Nagging Doubt¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-0| J: Aaron Jones⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45

100/1

Has only seen the tail-end of each of her rivals in five starts so far (5f-6f), and holds next to no chance from out of the weights; stablemate of Second Collection.

Form: 06000

Forecasts

Michaels Choice (2/1), Swiss Pride (4/1), London Rock (6/1), Pont Vert (6/1), Second Collection (12/1), Nananita (14/1), Comete (14/1), Lady Wolf (20/1), North Korea (25/1), Coastguard Watch (25/1), Ever Rock (33/1), Glamorous Crescent (50/1), Nagging Doubt (100/1)

A numerically challenging Bath card kicks-off with an open-looking nursery. Top-weight Swiss Pride has the strongest form in the book (Glorious Goodwood), but needs to bounce back from a very poor effort latest (could well do so under more suitable conditions). The newly blinkered Comete and Michaels Choice also merit consideration, with the former facing the challenging objective of getting to the front early from her wide draw. However, we'll side with the nursery debutante PONT VERT. Off the track for a couple of months since winning at Leicester, but that form has been well advertised by the placed horses since, so she rates as the possible solution.