15:35 Bath

Monday 14 September 2020

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Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 1m 37.69s

(8)

Tell William^b¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: K Shoemark| T: M P Tregoning| OR: 77| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Newbury in July. Below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Salisbury (good to soft) 11 days ago. Return to likely quicker conditions should be in favour.

Form: 442145

(12)

Dargel³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 77| D

5/1

Good second of 11 in handicap at Newbury (1m, good) in July but needs to shrug off a lesser run at Leicester since.

Form: 333-029

(14)

Nahham³⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Nicola Currie| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 75| CD

80/1

C&D winner. First run since leaving Richard Hannon when pulled up (reportedly bled) in handicap at Kempton last November. Off since.

Form: 1174PP-

(13)

Poetic Force^t³²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: A W Carroll| OR: 75| CD

13/2

Second C&D success when getting up near the finish last month. Only raised 2 lb so ought to remain competitive.

Form: 060-371

(10)

Viaduct²⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M Meade| OR: 78| BF

6/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 5/2, improved again when close third of 9 in maiden at Kempton (7f) in December. It's taken a bit of time to get him back but he appeals as a likely improver in handicaps.

Form: P33-

(5)

Captain Claret²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Georgia Dobie⁽⁵⁾| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 77| CD

16/5

Progressive form, making all in C&D maiden 3 weeks ago. Could have more to offer now handicapping and on the shortlist.

Form: 521

(11)

Isomer⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁷⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 71| D

18/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2018. 8/1, 6 lengths seventh of 11 to Tell William in handicap at Newbury (1m, good) 58 days ago, slowly away. Others preferred.

Form: 7354-37

(2)

Sir Plato^p1¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Finley Marsh⁽³⁾| T: B R Millman| OR: 69| CD

9/1

C&D winner who scored twice at Chepstow in June/July but has bene operating below his best since. First-time cheekpieces replace his usual visor.

Form: 211057

(3)

Sheila's Showcase⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: David Egan| T: D J Coakley| OR: 67

14/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2018. Down the field on Newbury return in June and has been off again since. Starting to look well treated but hard to be sure what sort of form he's in.

Form: 44638-8

(7)

Alfie Solomons^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: M Dwyer| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 65

18/1

Sole win from 27 runs came on AW back in 2018. Did produce one of his best efforts this year when taking second near the finish at Sandown (7f) 14 days and this step up to 1m well worth a go.

Form: 035992

Non-Runners

(6)

De Vegas Kid⁷

Weight: 9-13| Age: 6

T: A W Carroll J: Non Runner

(1)

Medieval²¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 6

T: P & O Cole J: P J Dobbs

(9)

Modmin¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: M P Tregoning J: Non Runner

(4)

Sophosc¹¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: J Tuite J: Liam Keniry

Forecasts

Modmin (11/4), Captain Claret (16/5), Tell William (9/2), Dargel (5/1), Medieval (11/2), Viaduct (6/1), Poetic Force (13/2), Sir Plato (9/1), Sheila's Showcase (14/1), Alfie Solomons (18/1), Isomer (18/1), Sophosc (25/1), De Vegas Kid (25/1), Nahham (80/1)

Perhaps best to narrow this down to the 3-y-os as it's likely at least one of them will step forward now handicapping. CAPTAIN CLARET arrives on the back of a comfortable win over C&D and can take another step forward, while the booking of Oisin Murphy suggests Viaduct could be primed to go well on his return. Medieval may do best of the older brigade.