16:30 Bath

Wednesday 19 August 2020

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Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Veterans' Handicap

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 1m 11.26s

(1)

Red Alert^p²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: S Bowen| T: A W Carroll| OR: 77| CD

11/1

3-time C&D winner. Sixth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm, 28/1) 28 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Back to a potentially lenient mark.

Form: 175-886

(2)

Union Rose^v⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: R P Downey| T: R Harris| OR: 75| CD

8/1

Unreliable individual. 4-time course winner. 7/1, third of 5 in handicap at Chepstow (5.1f, good) 5 days ago.

Form: 5-02693

(5)

Big Lachie¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: D C Costello| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 74| C| D

8/1

Course winner. Latest win at Doncaster in June. Last of 10 in handicap (25/1) at Ascot (5f, good to firm) 11 days ago.

Form: 461250

(4)

Handytalk^b,t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Oliver Searle⁽⁷⁾| T: B R Millman| OR: 73| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 11/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, good fourth of 9 in handicap at Chepstow (6.1f, good to firm) 18 days ago.

Form: 82-8564

(10)

Pour La Victoire¹⁸⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-4| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 72| D

20/1

Creditable third of 9 in handicap (12/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW). Off 6 months.

Form: 255-433

(6)

Storm Melody^p⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: H Crouch| T: A Stronge| OR: 64| BF| CD

4/1

3-time C&D winner. 9/4, fourth of 7 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 6 days ago, running on. On a good mark and can pop up soon.

Form: 087464

(8)

Garth Rockett^p,t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: L Morris| T: M Murphy| OR: 61| D

10/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in July. 9/4, eighth of 12 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good) 10 days ago.

Form: 6-51148

(3)

Cappananty Con¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-4| J: Joey Haynes| T: M J Attwater| OR: 58| C| D

4/1

Course winner. Improved on recent efforts to win 11-runner handicap (8/1) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 15 days ago, worst of draw. Can give a good account.

Form: 652191

(7)

Essaka⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-2| J: Sophie Ralston⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 56| C| D

12/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 14/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 6 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 9-54386

Non-Runners

(9)

Moonraker¹³

Weight: 8-11| Age: 8

T: M Appleby J: Lewis Edmunds

Forecasts

Handytalk (7/2), Cappananty Con (4/1), Storm Melody (4/1), Moonraker (5/1), Union Rose (8/1), Big Lachie (8/1), Garth Rockett (10/1), Red Alert (11/1), Essaka (12/1), Pour La Victoire (20/1)

STORM MELODY shaped as if ready to strike over C&D last week so could be the answer. Cappananty Con quickly resumed winning ways at Lingfield 2 weeks ago and is another to consider, while Red Alert could bounce back with headgear re-fitted.