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16:30 Bath

Wessex For West Africa Handicap (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 5y
  • Going: Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £4,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 40.64s
  • Off Time: 16:30:44
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Warning Song (USA)

11/4

    2
    Silk -

    Wilfred Pickles (IRE)

    5/2

      1(4)
      Silk - Emerald green and white diamonds, purple sleeves and cap

      Wilfred Pickles (IRE)

      10
      5/2
      • Form 424-652
      • Age 4
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 75

      held up in 6th, ran wide on bend 5f out, headway on inside over 2f out, squeezed through inside final 2f, led over 1f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, headed final strides

      2(2)
      Silk - Light Green and Pink (quartered), Light Green sleeves, Pink stars, Light Green cap, Pink diamond

      Smart Endeavour (USA)

      12
      15/2
      • Form 647-799
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-11
      • Official Rating 72

      led, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace and outpaced to 3rd inside final furlong

      3(3)
      Silk - Yellow, black sash, white sleeves, black and white quartered cap

      Golden Rock (IRE)

      18 v BFCD
      4/1
      • Form 07-6218
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 71

      took keen hold, tracked leading pair, left 2nd on bend 5f out, ridden 2f out weakened over 1f out

      4(5)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue cross belts, striped sleeves, White cap

      Logos Astra (USA)

      11 b
      6/1
      • Form 325-243
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 75

      took keen hold, tracked leader until ran very wide on bend and lost place 5f out, driven along and beaten over 2f out

      5(7)
      Silk - Yellow and Red halved horizontally, Black and Red halved sleeves, quartered cap

      Warning Song (USA)

      13 D
      11/4
      • Form 23-0751
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 72

      held up in 5th, ran wide on bend 5f out, soon recovered to race on inside, headway over 2f out, driven to 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on under pressure to lead last strides

      6(6)
      Silk - White, Brown hoops and armlets, Brown and White quartered cap

      Unlimited

      11 D
      10/1
      • Form 276551
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 61

      took keen hold in 4th, ran slightly wide bend and left 3rd 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      7(1)
      Silk - Light Blue, Mauve sash

      My Red Kite

      243 e
      40/1
      • Form 5876-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-6
      • Official Rating 62

      always last, awkward on turn over 4f out, never a factor

      In depth

      Verdict

      A tight affair and one which can go the way of WARNING SONG although Wilfred Pickles and Golden Rock could provide a stiff challenge. Warning Song runs off a fair mark after winning by a length ahead of Ginger Grey last time out. It is hard to judge the value of that form after the second finished a reasonable but hardly sparkling third at Epsom since then. We tentatively side with him to beat the competition. However, Wilfred Pickles who runs off top weight was close in his last appearance. He is still a maiden from thirteen starts though and it would take an improved effort to win from 2lbs higher than his last start. Golden Rock has winning form over course and distance already this year but was a poor twenty three lengths behind the winner at the back of the field when last seen. For this reason we prefer to avoid him here. Logos Astra will need to find some improvement for first time blinkers to compete and Unlimited could pose a challenge after winning last time. However we side with Warning Song to beat the opposition.

      Formwatch

      Wilfred Pickles (IRE) 6-1 (9-12) Held up, switched left over 1f out, headway soon after, led 1f out, ridden and headed final strides, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Sacrilege (8-13) at Newmarket 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.

      Smart Endeavour (USA) 15-2 (9-12) Took keen hold, tracked leaders on outside, ridden inside final 3f, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 11l behind Shamir (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Jun.

      Golden Rock (IRE) 9-4fav (9-5) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 23l behind Dr Wintringham (9-0) at Warwick 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jun.

      Logos Astra (USA) 9-4 (9-0) Tracked leaders, led narrowly over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2l behind I'm Super Too (9-0) at Hamilton 1m 1f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf in Jun.

      Warning Song (USA) 10-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, challenged 2f out, led just over 1f out, ridden and edged left, kept on well inside final furlong, won at Newbury 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun beating Ginger Grey (9-3) by 1l, 10 ran.

      Unlimited 11-2 (8-8) Pulled hard, tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led just inside final furlong, ran on, won at Warwick 1m app hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun beating Maybe I Wont (8-7) by 3/4l, 8 ran.

      My Red Kite 25-1 (9-5) Held up, headway 2f out, one pace final furlong, 6th of 12, 7l behind Nave (9-2) at Kempton 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.