20:25 Bath

Wednesday 17 May 2017

All17:2017:5518:2518:5519:2519:5520:25

Du Pont Handicap

Off time: 20:25 | Winning time: 1m 42.37s

1^st

(1)

Waves

39-7

16/1

T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: Edward Greatrex (3)

Held up towards rear, good headway chasing leaders 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on well op 14/1

2^nd

4 ½

(2)

Secret Memories

39-4

11/1

T: Miss K BrownJ: Killian Hennessy (5)

Chased leaders on inside, pushed along and every chance when rider dropped whip 2f out, pushed along and kept on inside final furlong, won battle for 2nd, no chance with winner op 10/1

3^rd

(10)

Viola Park

39-1

10/1

T: R HarrisJ: F Norton

Chased leading pair, led narrowly 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with winner, lost 2nd post

4^th

(12)

Royal Melody

39-5

16/1

T: H MainJ: George Wood (5)

Chased leaders, ridden to challenge 2f out, soon every chance, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

5^th

1 ¾

(9)

Holyroman Princess

39-3

8/1

T: B R MillmanJ: Lulu Stanford (5)

Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, plugged on, no threat op 10/1

6^th

1 ½

(16)

Crucial Moment

39-5

6/1

T: W G M TurnerJ: Ryan While (5)

Mid-division, pushed along on outside 3f out, ridden chasing leaders 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 11/2

7^th

1 ½

(15)

Hold Me Tight

39-2

8/1

T: J S MooreJ: Georgia Dobie (7)

Tracked leader, led 6f out, pushed clear over 3f out, headed 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out op 13/2

8^th

(11)

Champagne Reign

39-1

33/1

T: J S MooreJ: Liam Jones

Behind most of way, never threatened

9^th

(6)

Greyjoy

39-0

8/1

T: S KirkJ: Mitch Godwin (5)

Slowly into stride, held up in last pair, never on terms op 10/1 tchd 7/1

10^th

(14)

Henry Did It

39-2

12/1

T: A W CarrollJ: S W Kelly

Chased leaders, ridden inside final 2f, weakened soon after op 14/1

11^th

(3)

Opening Time

39-7

5/1f

T: R HannonJ: P J Dobbs

Led 2f, tracked leader until pushed along over 2f out, weakened 2f out op 11/2 tchd 6/1

12^th

1 ¾

(7)

Toolatetodelegate

39-3

25/1

T: B BarrJ: S Donohoe

Mid-division, weakened over 2f out

13^th

(5)

Never Folding

39-7

13/2

T: S DurackJ: R Winston

Mid-division on inside, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened, behind and eased over 1f out op 15/2 tchd 8/1

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Non-Runners

(13)

Delirium²⁰²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: E De Giles J: Callum Shepherd

(4)

Seeing Things²²

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: P J McBride J: Fran Berry

(8)

Golden Eye¹⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: S Kirk J: Mitch Godwin

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.00Pl:£4.60, £4.20, £2.70EX:£116.50Trifecta:£1,471.50Tricast:£1,924.07SF:£184.36Swingers:£47.10, £29.10, £44.50

Forecasts

Opening Time (5/1), Crucial Moment (6/1), Never Folding (13/2), Holyroman Princess (8/1), Hold Me Tight (8/1), Greyjoy (8/1), Viola Park (10/1), Secret Memories (11/1), Henry Did It (12/1), Delirium (14/1), Seeing Things (14/1), Waves (16/1), Royal Melody (16/1), Toolatetodelegate (25/1), Golden Eye (25/1), Champagne Reign (33/1)

Impossible to hold a strong view in another low grade contest, so stakes are best kept to a minimum. Crucial Moment was off the mark on the Southwell Fibresand last time, but this test is a vastly differing one and it's purely a guessing game as to whether he can back up that improved effort. NEVER FOLDING appears open to more improvement than most and she shaped reasonably enough at Kempton on her handicap debut, and could be open to landing such a weak contest on her turf debut from a mark of 60.