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Placepot picks

Thursday’s placepot picks bring you six selections from Bath…

Racecourse : Bath (Great Britain)
Racecourse : Bath (Great Britain) Picture: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

R1 – Rupert The Prince

R2 – Visually

R3 – Fairy Glen

R4 – Abundant

R5 – The Wicked Wolf

R6 – Magic Star

RACE SELECTION PRICE REASON

Race 1

Goughs Solicitors Handicap

 

Rupert The Prince

 

 

4/1

  • Enjoys this course with a win and placing from two visits here
     
  • Easy winner of a one mile six course handicap two starts back
     
  • Proven over the trip

Race 2

EBF 'Confined' Restricted Novice Stakes

 

Visually

 

6/4

 

  • Half-brother to Major Blue, a winner over 5f
     
  • Jockey recorded eleven wins in last two weeks

Race 3

British Stallion Studs EBF Beckford Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Listed)

 

 

 

Fairy Glen

 

6/1

 

  • Promising form in 2024 with a pair of placed results in Listed company including a close second over one mile six at Longchamp last year
     
  • Good fourth on heavy ground in this race last year
     
  • Good second on her seasonal return in a one mile six-furlong conditions race at Salisbury a month ago

Race 4

BetWright Bet The Wright Way EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (Div 1)

 

Abundant

 

 

 

 

 

 

3/1

 

  • Promising second on debut a month ago at Kempton
     
  • The fourth and fifth that day have won since to boost the form
     
  • Open to improvement

Race 5

BetWright Bet The Wright Way EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (Div 2)

 

 

The Wicked Wolf

 

5/2

  • Good third in a seven-furlong novice race at Chelmsford three weeks ago
     
  • Open to further progress
     
  • Trainer had a 21% strike rate in September

 

 

Race 6

BetWright Safer Gambling Handicap

 

 

Magic Star

 

11/2

 

  • Top trainer and jockey combination with Marquand holding a 20% strike rate at the course in 2025
     
  • Open to further progress on handicap debut after a decent fourth in a mile novice race at Southwell in August

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