Jockey Gina Mangan rode two winners at Bath Racecourse’s penultimate meeting of the season.
Gina Mangan rode two winners at Bath Racecourse on Monday 20th October | Photo © Richard Briggs
Mangan scored in the fifth and final contests on the eight-race Afternoon Racing card at the Lansdown track on Monday 20th October.
The opening BetWright Bet The Wright Way Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap, over two miles and one furlong, was won by Throne Hall. The 7/1 chance, trained by Archie Watson at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire and ridden by Brodie Hampson, finished three-quarters of a length clear of second-placed Colinski (17/2).
Next was the one-mile BetWright Bangers N’Cash Nursery Handicap, which resulted in victory for Irish raider Royalist. Finley Marsh guided the 4/1 shot to an eight-and-a-half-length victory over runner-up Time For Action (22/1). Royalist was saddled by Richard Hughes, whose stables are also at Upper Lambourn.
The third race, the one-mile BLTH Novice Stakes, produced a win for French horse Hard Evidence (16/1). Trained by Ed Walker at Upper Lambourn and piloted by George Downing, Hard Evidence got the better of second-placed Shetalkstoangels, the 4/6 favourite, by one-and-a-half lengths.
Race four, the five-furlong BeatWright: Beat The Wright Way Nursery Handicap, was won by a short head by Red Snapper (9/2), with Ben Ffrench Davis on board, for handler Kathy Turner (Sigwells near Sherborne). Wojtek (9/2) was second.
Next on the card was the five-furlong BetWright Safer Gambling Handicap, won by half a length by 13/2 fancy Jax Edge from runner-up Asinara, the 9/4 favourite. From Chris Mason’s yard at Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Jax Edge was partnered by Mangan.
Another Irish horse, Marching Mac, was victorious in the sixth race, the Thank You BetWright Handicap over five-and-a-half furlongs. The 7/2 joint favourite, from Ireland, took the honours by a short head from second-placed Kiss And Run, the other 7/2 joint favourite. Marching Mac, with Grace McEntee aboard, is trained by Phil McEntee at Newmarket, Suffolk.
The penultimate contest, the one-mile CB Protection Handicap (Division I), was taken by Irish six-year-old Bobby Dassler for handler Alison Thorpe (Caerfyrddin, Carmarthenshire). Jockey Elizabeth Gale coaxed the 3/1 hope to success by one-and-a-half lengths from runner-up Valkyrja (5/2 favourite).
The closing CB Protection Handicap (Division II), over one mile, saw a two-and-a-half length triumph for outsider Lovely Jubly (66/1) from second-placed Whiteley Way (12/1). Lovely Jubly, ridden by Mangan, is trained by Michael Attwater (Epsom, Surrey).
Going was soft changing to heavy after the third race.
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