17:26 Bath

Sunday 20 April 2025

All14:0114:3115:0615:4116:1616:5117:26

Whitsbury Manor Stud Handicap

Off time: 17:26 | Winning time: 1m 39.68s

1^st

(2)

Thiscouldbefun

39-9

8/1

T: J S MooreJ: Taylor Fisher (3)

Prominent, ridden to lead 2f out, pressed towards finish, always doing enough tchd 7/1

2^nd

(3)

Yellow Card

39-9

5/1

T: Ollie SangsterJ: Millie Wonnacott (5)

Held up in rear, plenty to do and ridden over 2f out, switched right 1f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong, short of room near finish, went 2nd final stride, unlucky op 7/1 tchd 9/2

3^rd

(1)

Captain Cess

39-3

16/1

T: A WintleJ: Tom Marquand

Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, lost 2nd final stride op 10/1 tchd 18/1

4^th

(4)

Opening Bat

39-8

5/2

T: Harry CharltonJ: T E Whelan

Mid-division, asked for effort over 2f out, headway to press leader inside final furlong, faded near finish op 2/1 tchd 15/8

5^th

(6)

Phaedra

39-5

7/1

T: R HannonJ: Joe Leavy (3)

Prominent, ridden and lost position over 2f out, weakened 1f out op 12/1

6^th

(12)

Havana Club

38-11

20/1

T: A WintleJ: Finley Marsh

Held up in rear, driven over 2f out, switched right and short of room over 1f out, never in contention op 16/1 tchd 14/1 and tchd 22/1

7^th

(11)

Red Admiral

39-9

9/4f

T: G BougheyJ: Billy Loughnane

Led, driven and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 15/8 and tchd 5/2

8^th

2 ½

(8)

Belabambina

39-4

40/1

T: D LoughnaneJ: R Kingscote

Held up in touch, pushed along 3f out, never involved tchd 50/1

9^th

(10)

Beaune

39-2

50/1

T: B J LlewellynJ: Jordan Williams (5)

Held up in rear, niggled along 4f out, soon ridden and no impression op 25/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Bintshuaa¹⁸⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: D Menuisier J: Non Runner

(7)

Pay Attention¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Faye Bramley J: J Mitchell

(9)

Sheephavenbaystory¹⁵⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: James Horton J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.00Pl:£1.50, £1.80, £3.90EX:£44.60Trifecta:£314.50Tricast:£481.37SF:£46.43Swingers:£7.10, £15.20, £11.70

Forecasts

Red Admiral (9/4), Opening Bat (5/2), Yellow Card (5/1), Bintshuaa (13/2), Phaedra (7/1), Pay Attention (7/1), Thiscouldbefun (8/1), Sheephavenbaystory (10/1), Captain Cess (16/1), Havana Club (20/1), Belabambina (40/1), Beaune (50/1)

Several of these could do a lot better now handicapping in their second campaigns, with YELLOW CARD getting the vote over Opening Bat and Red Admiral in a race where the betting should prove informative.

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