17:26 Bath

Sunday 20 April 2025

All14:0114:3115:0615:4116:1616:5117:26

Whitsbury Manor Stud Handicap

Off time: 17:26 | Winning time: 1m 39.68s

(2)

Thiscouldbefun^p⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Taylor Fisher⁽³⁾| T: J S Moore| OR: 65

8/1

Creditable third of 12 in handicap (7/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 40 days ago. That was a good comeback and she could find a race.

Form: 36323-3

(11)

Red Admiral⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Loughnane| T: G Boughey| OR: 65| BF

9/4

Thrice-raced maiden. Off 5 months/left Charles Hills, gelded and had breathing op, well-backed 15/8, disappointing fifth of 12 in maiden at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 55 days ago. Worth keeping the faith with now handicapping.

Form: 00-5

(3)

Yellow Card¹¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Millie Wonnacott⁽⁵⁾| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 65

5/1

Promising sort. Fourth of 12 in novice at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 50/1) when last seen 114 days ago. Gelded since last seen and open to further improvement now handicapping on turf.

Form: 064-

(4)

Opening Bat¹²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: T E Whelan| T: Harry Charlton| OR: 64

5/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 9 in novice (18/1) at Chelmsford City (7f) 129 days ago. Gelded and everything points to him doing better in handicaps this year.

Form: 767-

(6)

Phaedra¹⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Joe Leavy⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 61

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good fifth of 12 in nursery (14/1) at Southwell (7.1f) 159 days ago. Needs to improve.

Form: 9675-

(8)

Belabambina^t²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Kingscote| T: D Loughnane| OR: 60

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 23 days ago, no impression. More needed.

Form: 70-68

(1)

Captain Cess²⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: A Wintle| OR: 59

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 100/1, third of 7 in seller at Newmarket (7f, good) 8 months ago. Plenty more needed now handicapping but does have Marquand up on return.

Form: 973-

(10)

Beaune⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 58

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable sixth of 10 in handicap at Dundalk (7f, 66/1) 51 days ago. Gelded after. First run for yard after leaving Eamonn O'Connell. Has work to do on turf debut.

Form: 0-046

(12)

Havana Club^h³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Finley Marsh| T: A Wintle| OR: 53

20/1

40/1, first run since leaving Warren Greatrex when sixth of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) on return 36 days ago, racing freely. Improvement required.

Form: 03432-6

Non-Runners

(5)

Bintshuaa¹⁸⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: D Menuisier J: Non Runner

(7)

Pay Attention¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Faye Bramley J: J Mitchell

(9)

Sheephavenbaystory¹⁵⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: James Horton J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Red Admiral (9/4), Opening Bat (5/2), Yellow Card (5/1), Bintshuaa (13/2), Phaedra (7/1), Pay Attention (7/1), Thiscouldbefun (8/1), Sheephavenbaystory (10/1), Captain Cess (16/1), Havana Club (20/1), Belabambina (40/1), Beaune (50/1)

Several of these could do a lot better now handicapping in their second campaigns, with YELLOW CARD getting the vote over Opening Bat and Red Admiral in a race where the betting should prove informative.