16:16 Bath

Monday 2 May 2022

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Off time: 16:16 | Winning time: 1m 40.07s

(3)

Always Fearless^b¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 69| D

11/1

Latest win at Lingfield in January. Ran poorly when tenth of 12 in handicap (20/1) at Musselburgh (1m, good to soft) 16 days ago. Bounce back needed.

Form: 0-12490

(9)

Originator¹⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Dane O'Neill| T: M P Tregoning| OR: 69WS

10/3

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 11 in novice at Wolverhampton (7f, 11/4) when last seen in November. Had wind surgery ahead of this handicap debut after a break. Much less exposed than most of this opposition.

Form: 343-

(8)

Granary Queen¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 67| CD

9/4

Career best when winning 10-runner C&D handicap on reappearance 18 days ago, doing well to get up after being stopped in her run. Might be capable of following up.

Form: 73342-1

(7)

Headshot⁸^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 61| CD

5/1

13/2, career best when winning 10-runner C&D handicap (good to firm) 8 days ago by ½ length from Kratos. Not sure to confirm that form under a 5 lb penalty.

Form: 40-8481

(2)

Kratos^p⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jefferson Smith| T: R Varian| OR: 65

3/1

Fair maiden. Creditable ½-length second of 10 to reopposing Headshot over C&D (good to firm) last week. 5 lb better off with that rival now. Likely to go well again.

Form: 5-66442

(6)

Girl From Ipanema⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: K Shoemark| T: R Stephens| OR: 57

25/1

125/1, last of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6f) on reappearance 46 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 49190-0

(4)

Lilandra^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 45

25/1

Remains a maiden after 21 Flat runs. 11¼ lengths last of 10 to Headshot in handicap at this C&D (good to firm, 25/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 77050-0

Non-Runners

(1)

Latent Heat¹⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: A W Carroll J: Ray Dawson

(5)

Mabre²⁸

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: P D Evans J: George Downing

Forecasts

Granary Queen (9/4), Kratos (3/1), Originator (10/3), Headshot (5/1), Mabre (7/1), Latent Heat (8/1), Always Fearless (11/1), Lilandra (25/1), Girl From Ipanema (25/1)

GRANARY QUEEN overcame trouble to win over C&D 18 days ago so a 4 lb rise may not prevent her following up. Kratros rates a threat after his C&D second last week, while Originator is unexposed now moving into handicaps and is worth keeping an eye on in the betting.