Lambourn-based trainer Clive Cox has already sent out a handful of winners this turf season and he aims to add to his tally with a pair of runners at Bath on Sunday. We’ve assessed his chances of landing the double below, with both runners available to back via Betfred, who are offering new customers a Bet £10 – Get £60 In Free Bets Bonus.
REGAL ENVOY – (2:05pm, Cazoo Maiden Stakes) 4/9
The first of Clive Cox’s two Sunday runners comes in the extended 5f maiden, where he sends out the Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds owned REGAL ENVOY.
This Ardad colt saw his sales price rise from 26,000 guineas as a foal to £55,000 as a yearling, and he is a half-brother to a number of winners, the most notable being the once Listed third Survived.
Regal Envoy showed very little in a Windsor maiden on debut last August, but he was much improved when going down by just a short head on reappearance at Wolverhampton last month. Regal Envoy probably would have got up in another stride that day and the winner has gone in again since.
He is entitled to strip fitter for that outing and his form looks a good deal better than that of his rivals, so redemption for that narrow Wolverhampton defeat beckons.
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ADATORIO – (4:55pm, At The Races App Form Study Handicap) 6/1
Clive Cox’s second Bath runner comes in Sunday’s concluding 1m handicap, where ADATORIO takes to the track.
This son of Adaay failed to score in five juvenile outings, but he showed definite signs of ability, most notably when a 40/1 fourth in a Nottingham maiden last June.
Gelded after a Wolverhampton nursery fifth, Adatorio has been seen just twice since then, finishing 6th over 7f at Kempton before a Wolverhampton 3rd (first-time cheekpieces applied) when badly hampered in the closing stages.
That headgear is replaced by blinkers today, and Adatorio was almost certainly better than the bare result at Wolverhampton. Off a pound lower mark on his return to turf Adatorio looks more than capable of playing his part in what looks a relatively modest affair.
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