14:15 Bath

Friday 26 May 2023

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M J Church Contracting Handicap

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 2m 9.53s

(1)

Man Made Of Smoke^b¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Olivia Tubb⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 59

25/1

Belatedly shed maiden tag at Wolverhampton (9.5f) at the start of the month but not in same form turned out under a penalty when last of 6 over that trip/track 14 days ago. Blinkers replace usual visor back on turf but he may find a couple too good.

Form: 279216

(2)

Fullforward^b²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: George Rooke| T: M Madgwick| OR: 59

4/1

18/1, good second of 12 in handicap at Salisbury (9.9f, good to soft) 22 days ago, challenging inside final 1f and keeping on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 41-6242

(4)

Pink Lily⁹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 53| CD

2/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. 6/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 9 days ago, cosily. Claims once more under a penalty.

Form: 5333-31

(5)

Star Sprite⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K Stott| T: E Walker| OR: 57

5/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 4 in handicap (2/1) at Southwell (12.1f) 47 days ago, not seeing things out over the marked longer trip on back of 7 months off. This ought to reveal more having first crack at 10f.

Form: 076-4

(3)

Native Melody¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Loughnane⁽³⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 57

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f, 80/1) 18 days ago. Significantly up in trip and rider takes off a very handy 3 lb once more.

Form: 330-04

(6)

Alicefromumbridge⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Ray Dawson| T: R Woodman| OR: 45

18/1

Respectable 7¾ lengths seventh of 14 to Pink Lily in handicap at this C&D (good to firm, 40/1) 9 days ago, plenty to do over 2f out and plodding on. More needed if she's to double career tally here.

Form: 0-15057

(7)

Jimmy Mark²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: W S Kittow| OR: 45

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, sixth of 12 in handicap at Salisbury (9.9f, good to soft) 22 days ago, headway out wide over 2f out and keeping on. That was his best effort yet but he'll need to find further progress to get involved here.

Form: 5406-6

Forecasts

Pink Lily (2/1), Star Sprite (5/2), Fullforward (4/1), Jimmy Mark (11/2), Alicefromumbridge (18/1), Man Made Of Smoke (25/1), Native Melody (28/1)

A winner over 1m on his final start as a juvenile, FULLFORWARD ran his best race yet for his new yard when runner-up over this sort of trip at Salisbury 3 weeks ago (Pink Lily placed third) and he can confirm the promise of that run and come out on top. The latter-named, a subsequent winner over C&D 9 days ago, rates a big threat however, ahead of Star Sprite.