After nine Group One races in the space of two days in Britain and France, the British cards on the first Monday in October are always going to struggle to compete, but a handful of horses have fair credentials at the likely odds, including Bahuta Acha (3.10) in the nursery handicap at Bath.
David Loughnane’s gelding struggled to build on a solid debut earlier in the season, when he failed to make the frame in three starts after finishing a close second first time up. But he showed significant improvement to record his first win at Catterick last month, finishing nearly three lengths clear in a good time, and he will be hard to beat if he turns up in the same form.
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