held up towards rear, steady headway approaching 2f out, shaken up, ran on and carried left final furlong, just failed
always towards rear
steady start, held up, ridden over 2f out, ran on strongly, to lead inside final furlong and edged left, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
always towards rear
mid-division, pulled hard on inside, ridden over 1f out, hampered, not recovered
soon led, ridden 2f out, weakening when headed inside final furlong
stumbled leaving stalls, soon prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, ridden approaching 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, effort and headway approaching 2f out, ridden to chase leaders 1f out, hampered close home
mid-division, ridden and weakened final furlong
pulled hard chasing leaders, effort and hampered 1f out, not recover
in rear, ridden 3f out, some moderate late headway
mid-division, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened quickly approaching 2f out
in touch, soon ridden along, weakened 2f out
This is a very tough handicap on a day of many open-looking races at Bath, but we will side with Shady Deal, but Attorney, Ridicule, Pascali and Arabian Knight among others to consider. We are inclined to focus mainly on horses drawn low in sprints at this track, which means, for us, Double M, who is well-handicapped on the best of his all-weather form, but has something to find on Turf although he a course and distance scorer; Shady Deal, who is capable of running well from his current mark; and Attorney, who has been doing well on the all-weather. The lightly-raced Pascali could also be interesting although he lacks a run this season, and Arabian Knight cannot be discounted as this course and distance winner is now back to a rating two-pounds lower than when he scored at this track. Finally, Ridicule is well handicapped based on his form of two years ago but Illusive is one of those in the field that has ever won on the all-weather. Once again, then, in a tricky contest we will side with Shady Deal.