Racecards
17:20 Bath
Weatherbys Bank Handicap
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f 46y
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- Form 4541-24
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey S Hitchcott
soon led, ridden and fading when headed inside final furlong
- Form 3016-21
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer R J Hodges
- Jockey L Dettori
tracked leaders throughout, every chance 1f out, no extra
- Form 7195-63
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer Miss E C Lavelle
- Jockey S Sanders
held up, behind, steady headway over 2f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out
- Form 97-7432
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Mrs A J Bowlby
- Jockey E Ahern
mid-division, some headway 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
In Deep
283- Form 2/80682-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer Mrs P N Dutfield
- Jockey R Havlin
in touch, ridden approaching 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 099330
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey J P Spencer
held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
- Form 625/707
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer G H Yardley
- Jockey V Slattery
towards rear, behind final 3f
- Form 2460-86
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer C A Horgan
- Jockey D Holland
always towards rear
Vizulize
17- Form 514441
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey S W Kelly
always towards rear
- Form 367120
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 57
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakening from over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
Master Mahogany held on gamely to beat Vibe here last time but those positions may be reversed today over this longer trip, with Smoothly Does It rated the best of the remainder. The selection is 6lbs better in for one-and-a-quarter lengths with his conqueror of 10 days ago and is taken to make the most of the favourable terms on ground that should suit. The David Evans-trained Strider should appreciate the return to this distance having failed to stay 1m4f last time, while Vizulize is likely to find this tougher than the race that he won on the all-weather on his most recent start. Freak Occurence has claims if staying this trip although a bigger threat is likely to come from Amanda Bowlby's Smoothly Does It, who is a consistent performer and should be thereabouts again. Vibe is set to go up 3lbs in future weights after his latest start though and is taken to make the most of the favourable terms.
Formwatch
Otago (IRE) 7-2 (8-8) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, one pace final 2f, 4th of 10, 6l behind Serbelloni (9-6) at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp (E3) pol in Jan.
Master Mahogany 13-8fav (9-3) Made all, pressed 2f out, stayed on strongly under pressure final furlong, driven out, won at Bath 1m hcp (5) frm beating Vibe (8-9) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Freak Occurence (IRE) 10-3jt-fav (9-4) Tracked leader, led 2f out, soon ridden, headed entering final furlong, kept on, lost 2nd close up, 3rd of 9, 3/4l behind In The Pink (9-1) at Redcar 1m stk 0-70 (5) gf.
Smoothly Does It 11-4fav (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway on outer 2f out, ridden to go 2nd 1f out, stayed on well, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind The Fun Merchant (9-7) at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gs.
In Deep 14-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, every chance final furlong, not quicken, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Dance To My Tune (8-1) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (D) gd in Aug.
Strider 4-1fav (9-1) Held up mid-division, headway over 5f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 16th of 17, well behind Sovietta (8-12) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (6) hvy.
Vibe 40-1 (8-9) Prominent, pressed winner 2f out, every chance 1f out, not pace of winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Master Mahogany (9-3) at Bath 1m hcp (5) frm.
Vizulize 11-2 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (6) pol beating Kings Topic (9-7) by 3l, 13 ran.