16:50 Bath

Saturday 14 June 2025

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Bath Priory Handicap

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 1m 39.69s

(5)

Union Island⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: S D Bowen| T: C Johnston| OR: 63| CD

10/3

Won 9-runner handicap (4/1) at this C&D (good to firm) 8 days ago by neck from Claxton Bay. Enters calculations.

Form: 537411

(6)

Claxton Bay⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 62| BF| D

3/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. 11/4, creditable neck second of 9 to Union Island in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 8 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 424632

(2)

Judge Frank^p⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: George Downing| T: J L Flint| OR: 60| D

14/1

Fourth of 5 in handicap (18/1) at Salisbury (9.9f, firm) 41 days ago and he needs to bounce back.

Form: 94110-4

(4)

Roscioli^t,v1¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Ray Dawson| T: B R Johnson| OR: 59| D

25/1

Beaten 9 lengths when sixth of 7 to Brinton in handicap (9/1) at Brighton (8f, soft) 18 days ago, slowly away. The first-time visor will need to perk him up if he's to emerge on top here.

Form: 53-5696

(11)

Pessoa¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Taryn Langley⁽⁷⁾| T: A Wintle| OR: 56

7/2

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 9/2) 11 days ago, always holding on. This will be his first run on turf for almost 2 years and it remains to be seen if he'll be able to reproduce his solid AW form back on this surface.

Form: 412321

(13)

Brinton^p¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Ryan Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: J G Portman| OR: 56| D

9/1

Three wins from 11 runs this year. Career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Brighton (8f, soft, 10/3) 18 days ago, driven out. 3 lb rise fair enough and should make her presence felt.

Form: 271261

(12)

Villalobos^p²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: L Morris| T: S Hodgson| OR: 54| D

9/1

Latest win at Kempton in January. 4/1, creditable third of 6 in handicap at this course (10.2f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Back down in trip and needs to raise his game a touch.

Form: 104823

(1)

Twitch^p1¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Georgia Dobie| T: Craig Benton| OR: 51

33/1

Tenth of 12 in handicap (20/1) at Chepstow (7.1f, good to firm) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and looks set for another struggle, unless the headgear works the oracle.

Form: 44-3500

(10)

Baynoona¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Rose Dawes⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 50

33/1

Eighth of 12 in handicap (25/1) at Chepstow (7.1f, good to firm) 15 days ago and it's probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 8875-68

(7)

Eye Of The Water^v⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 8-10| J: Joe Leavy| T: R Harris| OR: 47| BF| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Nineteen runs since last win in 2023. Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at Chepstow (8.1f, soft, 16/5) 7 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 429-534

(8)

Stoneacre¹⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 45

50/1

Sixth of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f, 80/1). Off 100 days and back down in trip for this turf debut. Readily passed over.

Form: 570-856

Non-Runners

(3)

My Ambition²⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: D J Coakley J: Tyler Heard

(9)

Adace¹⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: D K Ivory J: K T O'Neill

Forecasts

Claxton Bay (3/1), Union Island (10/3), Pessoa (7/2), Eye Of The Water (6/1), My Ambition (8/1), Brinton (9/1), Villalobos (9/1), Judge Frank (14/1), Adace (14/1), Roscioli (25/1), Baynoona (33/1), Twitch (33/1), Stoneacre (50/1)

There wasn't much between CLAXTON BAY and Union Island over this C&D recently, with the latter prevailing by a neck on that occasion. It should again be close between them, but the key difference is that Claxton Bay is taken to emerge on top this time. Adace will be a threat if on-song, while a reproduction of Pessoa's recent all-weather form now back on turf would give him a serious chance.