20:18 Bath

Wednesday 1 July 2026

All17:5818:3319:0819:4320:1820:53

MJ Church Handicap

Off time: 20:18 | Winning time: 1m 39.34s

(2)

Post Rider¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Oliver Cole| OR: 75| D

11/2

Won at Newmarket (1m) last October and showed more like her true self following a recent pipe opener when third of 8 at Goodwood (1m, heavy) just under 3 weeks ago. Handicapper drops her 2 lb and looks Swiped's biggest threat down in class.

Form: 8182-73

(3)

Nakaaha^h⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: D Egan| T: G Harris| OR: 73| D

7/2

Has largely shaped well this term, her finishing effort again not really matching the way she travelled when sixth of 12 at Newbury (7f, firm) 8 days ago. Back up to 1m.

Form: 8-02556

(1)

Sant Alessio¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Taylor Fisher| T: J Tickle| OR: 69| CD

10/1

Doubled his tally at Wolverhampton (8.6f) in November, doing well to hang on after being largely responsible for the strong gallop. Down the field at Kempton (1m) on return in May and can have latest Salisbury effort overlooked (raced closer to strong pace than ideal).

Form: 1021-07

(4)

Thiscouldbefun^p¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Ashley Lewis⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Moore| OR: 64| CD

12/1

C&D winner last spring who added to her tally at Lingfield (1m) in October. Shaped as if needing the run on return and easy to put a line through her subsequent Salisbury effort (shuffled back behind weakening rival). Looks to have her work cut out.

Form: 0164-60

(6)

Swiped^b¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Edward Greatrex| T: R M Beckett| OR: 72| CD

4/5

Showed improved form to get off the mark down in grade on second handicap start in 14-runner event over C&D (good) 18 days ago, seeing out the longer trip well. He's a 3-y-o on the up taking on older horses for the first time and stands out in this field.

Form: 55-521

(5)

Naval Ensign^h,t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Ffrench-Davis⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 59

50/1

Saw a well-run 7f out well when opening her account at Lingfield in January. Unable to land a blow at that venue both starts later that month, and never featured for new connections having been sold cheaply when fourth of 11 over C&D (good) 18 days ago.

Form: 06-1584

(7)

Ebn Sabt^b¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Gina Mangan| T: B Lund| OR: 61| D

125/1

Got off the mark in first-time blinkers at Lingfield in February for William Muir & Chris Grassick but subsequently lost his form and has finished tailed off on both starts for new connections.

Form: 146770

Forecasts

Swiped (4/5), Nakaaha (7/2), Post Rider (11/2), Sant Alessio (10/1), Thiscouldbefun (12/1), Naval Ensign (50/1), Ebn Sabt (125/1)

It's hard to get away from SWIPED, who showed improved form to get off the mark over C&D recently and Ralph Beckett's charge stands out in this field being a 3-y-o on the up taking on older horses for the first time. Post Rider heads up the possible threats back down in grade, with Nakaaha taken to fill out third.