Bath Races
Bath
15:25
MJ Church Handicap
Bath
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025
Distance: 5½f
Type: Flat
Going: Firm
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £4.50
Place: £1.90 £6.70
Exacta: £82.80
Tricast: £178.11
Trifecta: £262.50
Non-Runners: Lady Dorchester (self certificate), Over Spiced (vet's certificate), Piranha Rama (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Cindy Lou Who (GB) | 3 F | Good | Tony Carroll | 132 lbs | 7/2 | Won | In touch with leaders - pushed along and headway on outer 2f out - ridden and pressed leader over 1f out - led inside final 110yds - won going away(tchd 4/1) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Hardlass (GB) | 3 F | Poor | Joe Ponting | 116 lbs | 28/1 | - | Led - faced challenge over 1f out - headed inside final 110yds - no extra towards finish | ||
| 3rd | 1 | Sweet Sonata (GB) | 2 F | AVG | Rod Millman | 135 lbs | 6/5F | - | In touch with leaders - went second 3f out - lost position and bit short of room over 1f out - brief headway against far rail inside final furlong - weakened gradually inside final 110yds(op 5/4) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Off The Bench (GB) | 3 G | Poor | J S Moore | 124 lbs | 8/1 | - | Steadied start - held up in rear - headway on outer 2f out - hung left and weakened gradually inside final furlong(op 7/1) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Beautiful Things (IRE) | 3 F | Poor |
Ryan Kavanagh
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Michael Attwater | 126 lbs | 7/1 | - | In touch with leaders - hung badly left and hampered rival over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong (jockey said filly hung left-handed)(op 8/1) | |
| 6th | 2 | Juba (IRE) | 3 G | Poor | Brian Meehan | 134 lbs | 9/2 | - | Prominent - lost position 2f out - carried badly left over 1f out - soon weakened(tchd 4/1) |