19:55 Bath

Friday 21 April 2023

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Whitsbury Manor Supporting Lope Y Fernandez Handicap

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 2m 35.23s

(7)

Blue Hero^h¹⁰⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Finley Marsh| T: A Wintle| OR: 55| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 17/2, creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f). Off 106 days. Likely to be on the premises.

Form: 95544-5

(9)

Sociologist^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Hollie Doyle| T: S Dixon| OR: 55| D

16/5

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. 9/1, very good third of 14 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago. Not without each-way hope.

Form: 2845-93

(5)

Uther Pendragon^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Liam Keniry| T: J S Moore| OR: 54| C

10/1

Course winner. Three wins from 19 runs last year. 12/1, creditable third of 14 in handicap at this course (10.2f, soft) 14 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 467543

(3)

It's How We Roll^b¹⁸⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-8| J: Dylan Hogan| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 54| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 18/1, respectable fourth of 14 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good to soft). Off 6 months ahead of this first run for yard after leaving John Spearing. Enters calculations.

Form: 412544-

(2)

Purple Reign^v¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Billy Loughnane⁽⁵⁾| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 52| D

13/2

Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Wolverhampton (14f) 13 days ago. Visor back on. Others make more appeal from a win point of view.

Form: 4593-57

(6)

Lhebayeb^h⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Shepherd| T: V R A Dartnall| OR: 51

15/2

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap (6/1) at Kempton (12f) 79 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 6439-25

(14)

Pittsburg^t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: R Potter| OR: 50| BF

9/2

Good third of 6 in minor event (9/4) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 23 days ago, finishing well. Well held sole previous turf start on the Flat but won over hurdles (good) in 2021.

Form: 2-43983

(13)

Team Endeavour²⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 50

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Sixth of 7 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good to firm, 40/1). Off 8 months and it's probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 00/606-

(12)

Wirraway²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: William Carson| T: Debbie Hughes| OR: 50

22/1

Seventh of 8 in handicap (12/1) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 25 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 076/47-7

(10)

Ladypacksapunch¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: George Rooke| T: G Harris| OR: 50

20/1

Blinkered for 1st time, seventh of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 11/1) 13 days ago. Significantly up in trip and can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 49-0557

(4)

Pak Army^b,t¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: B Barr| OR: 50| D

6/1

8/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, much improved when winning 10-runner handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot (16.8f, soft) 13 days ago, hard held. Big player if he again puts his best foot forward returned to this sphere.

Form: 879-090

(11)

Molliana^p,t³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁵⁾| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 50| D

20/1

9/2, last of 3 in handicap hurdle at Ffos Las (15.8f, heavy) 30 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and couldn't rule out back on the Flat off a workable mark.

Form: 13-2342

(8)

Miss Sligo^b,t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Nicola Currie| T: J A Osborne| OR: 49| D

22/1

Four wins from 14 runs last year. Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. Fourth of 6 in minor event at Lingfield (10f, AW, 10/3) 23 days ago. Looks vulnerable returned to turf, on which she is 0-9.

Form: 253314

Non-Runners

(1)

Cornish Storm¹⁸⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: W S Kittow J: Rob Hornby

Forecasts

Sociologist (16/5), Pittsburg (9/2), Pak Army (6/1), Purple Reign (13/2), Lhebayeb (15/2), Uther Pendragon (10/1), Blue Hero (12/1), It's How We Roll (12/1), Cornish Storm (16/1), Molliana (20/1), Ladypacksapunch (20/1), Miss Sligo (22/1), Wirraway (22/1), Team Endeavour (66/1)

While PAK ARMY didn't show much in a handful of appearances in this sphere for Eoin Doyle in Ireland last year, he resumes on a potentially handy mark judged on his recent, wide-margin hurdles success. Next on the list is Pittsburg, who did well under the circumstances at Lingfield last time and he promises to be suited by this stiffer test. Uther Pendragon is best of the rest.