18:55 Bath

Wednesday 30 June 2021

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Maiden Stakes

Off time: 18:58 | Winning time: 1m 37.24s

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Bare Grils^h1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: T E Whelan| T: R Harris

150/1

7,000 gns foal, Kodi Bear gelding. Half-brother to useful 5f-6f winner Astro Jakk. Dam 5f winner. Wears hood on debut and probably best watched.

Form:

(1)

Eljaytee²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: David Egan| T: John Berry

250/1

Twice-raced gelding. Last of 12 in minor event at Windsor (10f, good to firm, 200/1) 23 days ago. Hard to envisage him making an impact here either.

Form: 00

(5)

Emerging²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe

9/4

Promising type. Fourth of 11 in minor event at Doncaster (8f, good to firm, 18/1) on debut 26 days ago. Open to improvement and he's high on the shortlist.

Form: 4

(4)

Indelible Edge

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: A W Carroll

100/1

Form:

(6)

Lafan²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon| OR: 74

10/1

Lightly-raced colt. Good fifth of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (8f, good to firm, 16/1) 25 days ago. Each-way shout, but more needed if he's to get his head in front.

Form: 4435

(2)

Liberty Warrior¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: L P Keniry| T: D & C Kubler

18/1

Twice-raced gelding. 33/1, fourth of 8 in maiden at Sandown (10f, good) 18 days ago. That effort represented a step forward and possibilities if able to build on it here.

Form: 64

(3)

Mobaadel⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Dane O'Neill| T: W J Haggas| OR: 79| BF

8/1

Thrice-raced colt. 6/4, twelfth of 13 in maiden at Leicester (7f, soft) 44 days ago. Excuses for that (subsequently found to be amiss) and claims judged on 2-y-o efforts.

Form: 42-0

(7)

Won Love²⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Rob Hornby| T: J TuiteWS

20/1

Once-raced gelding. Tongue strap on, seventh of 11 in minor event at Kempton (6f, 25/1) on sole 2-y-o start. Likely to leave that form well behind in due course. Has had a wind op.

Form: 7-

(10)

Karuoka²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Marco Ghiani⁽³⁾| T: S bin Suroor

10/3

Twice-raced filly. Seventh of 14 in maiden at Leicester (8.2f, good to firm, 16/1) 23 days ago. Clearly not one of her top yard's leading lights and will be of greater interest in handicaps later on.

Form: 77

(9)

Velvet And Steel²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: H Crouch| T: R M Beckett| OR: 78

9/4

Lightly-raced filly. Creditable second of 11 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 6/1) 28 days ago, well positioned. Mere reproduction of that will surely see her go very close.

Form: 2722

Forecasts

Emerging (9/4), Velvet And Steel (9/4), Karuoka (10/3), Mobaadel (8/1), Lafan (10/1), Liberty Warrior (18/1), Won Love (20/1), Indelible Edge (100/1), Bare Grils (150/1), Eljaytee (250/1)

This represents a good opportunity for VELVET AND STEEL, who found just one too good for the third time from four starts on her handicap debut at Kempton and is very much the one to beat back in maiden company. Mobaadel was found to be amiss following his Leicester reappearance and is worth another chance, but bigger threats may be posed by Emerging and Liberty Warrior.