Jockey Sean Levey rode two winners as Bath Racecourse staged an eight-race card for its Afternoon Racing meeting on Thursday 9th October.
Sean Levey rode the winners of the sixth and seventh races at Bath on Thursday 9th October | Photo © Richard Briggs
Rupert The Prince, the 15/8 favourite, won the opening Goughs Solicitors Handicap, over two miles and one furlong.
Trained by Paddy Butler at East Chiltington in East Sussex and piloted by Hector Crouch, the three-year-old finished two-and-three-quarter lengths ahead of runner-up Smith (100/1).
The second race, the European Breeders’ Fund Confined Restricted Novice Stakes over five furlongs, was won by Visually from the Clive Cox yard at Lambourn in Berkshire.
With Rossa Ryan on board, Visually (5/4 favourite) claimed victory by one-and-a-half lengths from second-placed Control Room.
Next up was the Listed £65,000 British Stallion Studs European Breeders’ Fund Beckford Stakes, which resulted in success for 5/4 favourite Terms Of Endearment.
Partnered by Tom Marquand and trained by William Haggas (Newmarket, Suffolk), Terms Of Endearment finished half-a-length clear of runner-up Fairy Glen (9/2) in the contest over one mile and six furlongs.
Hard To Believe ensured that the fourth race, the one-mile BetWright Bet The Wright Way European Breeders’ Fund Restricted Novice Stakes (Division I), was also won by the top pick.
Off at 10/11 favourite, Hard To Believe – with Oisin Murphy in the saddle – passed the post three-quarters of a length in front of second-placed Abundant (7/2) for handler Andrew Balding (Kingsclere, Hampshire).
And a fifth successive win for the favourite came in the one-mile BetWright Bet The Wright Way European Breeders’ Fund Restricted Novice Stakes (Division II), where The Wicked Wolf – trained by Jamie Osborne at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire – pipped runner-up Pantile’s Gift (6/1) by a head. The Wicked Wolf (3/1 favourite) was ridden by William Carver.
It was not until the sixth race of the afternoon, the BetWright Safer Gambling Handicap over one mile and two furlongs, that the favourite was beaten – but it was close.
Levey steered Concert Party (7/2) to the honours by a neck from second-placed Arcturus Flame, the 9/4 favourite.
Concert Party is trained by Richard Hannon at Collingbourne Ducis in Wiltshire.
But 3/1 favourite Silver Wraith – cared for by Emma Lavelle at Ogbourne Maizey in Wiltshire – was triumphant in the penultimate contest, the BetWright Bangers N’Cash Fillies’ Handicap over five-and-a-half furlongs.
Again Levey rode the winner, and again it was close. This time the margin of victory was a head, Kiss And Run (11/2) coming home second.
The closing race, the BeatWright: Beat The Wright Way Handicap over five-and-a-half furlongs, was won by Sub Thirteen (5/1).
The four-year-old, partnered by William Carson and trained by Tony Carroll at Cropthorne in Worcestershire, scored by a length from runner-up Diamondsinthesand, the 7/2 joint favourite.
Going was good to soft.
Bath Racecourse will stage its penultimate meeting of the season on Monday 20th October.
Tickets for the October Afternoon Racing fixture are available here.
