17:45 Bath

Monday 5 May 2025

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Bring The Family August Car Festival Handicap

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 1m 39.49s

(5)

Outrace^p³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Tyrese Cameron⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 59| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Wolverhampton in November. Blinkered for 1st time, bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm, 20/1) 31 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 120-807

(8)

Anglo Saxson³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Jim Crowley| T: P Owens| OR: 58| D

9/4

Respectable third of 15 in handicap (11/2) at Yarmouth (8f, good to firm) 30 days ago. Strong chance off the same mark.

Form: 30458-3

(3)

Expecto^p³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Hutchinson| T: G Harris| OR: 55| D

28/1

40/1, first run since leaving J. S. Bolger when ninth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 31 days ago. Tough to assess at present.

Form: 84453-9

(1)

Fighting Queen²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Rob Hornby| T: Joe Ponting| OR: 55

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 11 in maiden at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 100/1) 28 days ago. Improvement will be needed if she's to make an impact on this handicap debut. Yard also represented by Olympic Quest.

Form: 586

(10)

Villalobos^v³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Finley Marsh| T: S Hodgson| OR: 54| D

9/2

Latest win at Kempton in January. 6/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 31 days ago. Looks vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: 8-71048

(7)

Weston Court^p²⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Joey Haynes| T: R Harris| OR: 53| CD

40/1

C&D winner. 11/2, sixth of 7 in handicap at Chepstow (8.1f, good to firm) when last seen 8 months ago. Likely to find one or two too good. Yard also sadles Eye of The Water.

Form: 881106-

(2)

Tactical Control^b,t³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: R Kingscote| T: B Brookhouse| OR: 52| D

15/8

One win from 21 Flat runs. Eleven runs since last win in 2024. Visored for 1st time, ninth of 11 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 7/1) 32 days ago. Blinkers back on and he merits respect.

Form: 687-329

(9)

Eye Of The Water^p¹⁴⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 8-13| J: Joe Leavy⁽³⁾| T: R Harris| OR: 49| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2023. Ninth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 12/1), slowly away. Off 140 days and cheekpieces now refitted. Each-way chance.

Form: 799429-

(4)

Olympic Quest^p1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: L Morris| T: Joe Ponting| OR: 47

33/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 33/1) 16 days ago, left poorly placed. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 052-780

(6)

Rebel Cove^p1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Jack Dace⁽⁷⁾| T: S Hodgson| OR: 46

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, last of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 16 days ago. Makes turf debut and, unless the first-time cheekpieces spark significant progress, she will probably struggle once again.

Form: 74-60

Forecasts

Tactical Control (15/8), Anglo Saxson (9/4), Villalobos (9/2), Eye Of The Water (9/1), Outrace (10/1), Fighting Queen (14/1), Expecto (28/1), Olympic Quest (33/1), Weston Court (40/1), Rebel Cove (80/1)

Having shaped well on last month's seasonal reappearance at Yarmouth, ANGLO SAXSON is appealing here with Jim Crowley doing the steering. The 8-y-o is pretty much the only one of these coming into the race on the back of a positive display. Tactical Control was in good heart prior to finding 1¼m too much of a test last time and he could emerge as the main danger ahead of Eye of The Water.