17:22
Elite Racing Club Handicap Stakes (Div II)
Class 6, 1m, Flat, 4yo+, Rated 0-60, £3,454, 14 runners
- Going
- GOOD (GoingStick: 5.7)
- Surface
- Turf
- Stalls
- 2m 1f and Sprints- CENTRE 1m- INSIDE
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Redhot Whisper looks the right choice at Bath, with our rating of 65 putting him five pounds ahead of Blue Hero on 60, a genuine if not overwhelming edge in a competitive 14-runner Class 6 over a mile on good ground. That margin should be useful in a race where the bulk of the field is packed within a few pounds of each other. Blue Hero is the chief danger, with Havana Mojito and Port Louis both on 59 and capable of making the frame if the gap proves smaller than we think. Redhot Whisper is the selection.
Runners
Charlie Tucker (7)
Bernard Llewellyn 0/5
Port Louis arrives fresh after 45 days off, having run over today's trip and on this going before, and sits fourth of 14 on our figures with a speed rating of 63. The main risk is a winless run in his last six, with a fifth last time out his best finish since a third four starts back.
- Sire
- James Garfield (IRE)
- Dam
- Rebel Aclaim (IRE) by Acclamation
- Owner
- B J Llewellyn
- Foaled
- 25 Jan 2021
- Stable
- Fochriw, Mid Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 38%
- Ratings
- Perf 59, Speed 63
Joe Leavy
Adrian Wintle 0/9
Blue Hero won twice in his last six starts, including a first and a second in his earlier outings, and has run over today's trip and going, with 20 days since his last run. The risk is two lesser runs lately, a seventh and a fourth, so he must bounce back from 133 lb.
- Sire
- Air Force Blue (USA)
- Dam
- Pomarine (USA) by Aptitude
- Owner
- Adrian Wintle
- Foaled
- 3 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Westbury-On-Severn, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 9 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 60, Speed 59
Sean Levey
Heather Main 0/3
Squiffy has run over today's trip and won four starts back, but she has slipped since, finishing a sixth last time out after being unplaced the run before. Back in just 19 days from draw 3, she looks a midfield type with 133 lb to carry off 58.
- Sire
- Iffraaj (GB)
- Dam
- Collate (GB) by Oasis Dream
- Owner
- Robert E Tillett
- Foaled
- 1 May 2022
- Stable
- Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 56, Speed 59
Finley Marsh
Adrian Wintle 0/9
Redhot Whisper is our top-rated runner, having won two starts back and finished second, third and third in the three runs before that, and he has run over today's trip and going. A seventh last time out and 49 days off are the one reservation, but he looks the one to beat from draw 12.
- Sire
- Too Darn Hot (GB)
- Dam
- Whispering Bell (IRE) by Galileo
- Owner
- Adrian Wintle
- Foaled
- 24 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Westbury-On-Severn, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 9 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 67
Tom Marquand
John Gallagher 1/6
Havana Mojito comes into this fresh from a second last time out just 13 days ago, and he has finished runner-up in four of his last six starts, while he has run over today's trip and going before. The one concern is that he is yet to win in that spell, so he may again find one too good from stall six.
- Sire
- Havana Grey (GB)
- Dam
- Heartsong (IRE) by Kheleyf
- Owner
- The Leek Peak Racing Partnership
- Foaled
- 11 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Chastleton, Oxon
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 6 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 59, Speed 59
Kieran Shoemark
Neil Mulholland 3/22
Guinness Lad was a fourth last time out after an eighth two starts back, though he won four starts back and has run over today's trip. Our rating of 55 ranks him eighth of 14, so the consistency is there but the step up looks a stretch, and he carries 127 lb from stall 1.
- Sire
- Berkshire (IRE)
- Dam
- Never Again (IRE) by Jeremy
- Owner
- P Magee
- Foaled
- 20 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Limpley Stoke, Wilts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 22 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 36%
- Ratings
- Perf 55, Speed 49
Charles Bishop
Patrick Chamings 1/8
Amathus was a fourth last time out, 21 days ago, and has a winner four starts back in his recent form, though he's finished unplaced and a fifth since; he has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 58 ranks him fifth of 14, but 127 lb from draw 4 asks plenty.
- Sire
- Anjaal (GB)
- Dam
- Effige (IRE) by Oratorio
- Owner
- David Henery
- Foaled
- 30 Mar 2017
- Stable
- Baughurst, Hants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 8 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 31%
- Ratings
- Perf 58, Speed 56
Kieran O'Neill
Bernard Llewellyn 0/5
Pebble Dash won last time out and was third two starts back, so there is some fitness and confidence, but he was well beaten in three of the four runs before that. He has run over today's trip and going, yet our figures rank him 12th of 14, and 125 lb from draw 13 is a big ask.
- Sire
- Kodi Bear (IRE)
- Dam
- Zippy Rock (IRE) by Fastnet Rock
- Owner
- Dave Maddocks And Partner
- Foaled
- 21 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Fochriw, Mid Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 38%
- Ratings
- Perf 51, Speed 50
Lewis Edmunds
Gary & Josh Moore 2/22
Letsbeatsepsis has run over today's trip and going before and won three starts back, but he's been a sixth and a seventh in his last two and returns after 48 days off. Our rating of 56 ranks him seventh of 14, so he looks a midfield sort from draw 10 off 124 lb.
- Sire
- Expert Eye (GB)
- Dam
- Lady Morpheus (GB) by Morpheus
- Owner
- P B Moorhead
- Foaled
- 5 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Lower Beeding, W Sussex
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 22 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 56, Speed 68
Saffie Osborne
Zoe Hawkins 0/3
Freedom Bay has been consistent, with a fourth last time out and a second two starts back, and she has run over today's trip and on this going, but she's won just once in her last six and an eighth three starts back shows a lapse. Our rating of 53 ranks her tenth of 14, so she looks a midfield sort from stall 8.
- Sire
- Muhaarar (GB)
- Dam
- Dilgura (GB) by Ishiguru
- Owner
- Mrs Gill Shire
- Foaled
- 13 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Cullompton, Devon
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 53, Speed 54
William Cox
Barry Murphy 0/11
Bobby Dassler is winless in his last six, finishing seventh last time out, then an eighth, and nothing better than seventh across that run, so he is hard to fancy. He has run over today's trip and going and is fit after 13 days, but our rating ranks him last of 14.
- Sire
- Awtaad (IRE)
- Dam
- Butoolat (GB) by Oasis Dream
- Owner
- Catherine Evans Aaron Evans
- Foaled
- 20 Jan 2019
- Stable
- Caerfyrddin, Carmarthenshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 11 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 20%
- Ratings
- Perf 43, Speed 55
Harry Vigors (5)
Ronald Harris 0/1
Eye of The Water is winless in his last six, finishing sixth last time out and managing only a third five starts back, so he is hard to fancy. He has run over today's trip and going, though, and an official mark of 46 gives him little to fear.
- Sire
- Lilbourne Lad (IRE)
- Dam
- Desert Location (GB) by Dubai Destination
- Owner
- Ridge House Stables Ltd
- Foaled
- 19 Mar 2016
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 52, Speed 52
Josephine Gordon
Susan Gardner 1/4
Baynoona has been beaten in her last two, a seventh last time out and another seventh two starts back, and returns after 110 days off, though she has run over today's trip and going and signed off a second four starts back. Our rating of 53 sits above her official 45, but she is winless in her last five from draw 11.
- Sire
- Oasis Dream (GB)
- Dam
- Happy Hiker (IRE) by Dalakhani
- Owner
- Miss Jane Edgar & Mr D V Gardner
- Foaled
- 25 Feb 2021
- Stable
- Longdown, Devon
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 4 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 68%
- Ratings
- Perf 53, Speed 54
Callum Hutchinson
Lawrence Mullaney 1/9
Winless in her last five and 173 days off the track, Haaf A Diamond was sixth last time out, and the rating of 47 ranks her 13th of 14, so she is hard to fancy. In her favour, she has run over today's trip and going before, and was third two starts back.
- Sire
- Haafhd (GB)
- Dam
- Pretty Jewel (GB) by Aqlaam
- Owner
- Dr M Voikhansky Mrs S Voikhanskaya
- Foaled
- 20 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Newark, Nottinghamshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 9 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 47, Speed 53
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.