17:40

Bath

Great Britain

Blackmore Building Contractors Handicap (Bath Summer Sprint Series Qualifier) (Div II)

Friday, 22 May 2026

5½f·Flat·Class 6·Good To Firm·13 runners·£4,711

DrawModerate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.12)· 187 races · full map →

Result

Race report

AI top pick wonat SP 4/1·5.00

1st
Neptune Legend (IRE)AI top pick · 43.0
Rossa Ryan·Tony Carroll
4/1·5.00
SP
2nd
She Went Whoosh (IRE)
Mikkel Mortensen·Scott Dixon·beaten 2.75 lengths
25/1·26.00
SP
3rd
Sioux Warrior (IRE)
Joe Leavy·Adrian Wintle·beaten .75 lengths
4/1·5.00
SP

Race time

1m 9.64s+2.04s vs std

Slightly slow — minor pace variance, nothing to read into.

In-running (Neptune Legend (IRE))

“In rear - switched right and good headway over 1f out - ridden to lead inside final 110yds - won going away”

Settled · 1pt level stake = 4.00 pt return on the winnerTipping P&L →

Furlong's verdict

Reading the form…

AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.

Selections by model

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v1.043.0/100 rating

Neptune Legend

8.00Betfair Exchange· informational only

Top-rated, but filter rejects this race

v1.1

No pick

Race outside the segment-edge filter

Each-way43.0/100 rating

Neptune Legend

8.00Betfair Exchange

Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.

Racing Alpha pick

Neptune Legend

Rossa Ryan · Tony Carroll · 7yo

43.0/100

+0.8 vs next best (42.3)

The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.

Freshness10% weight
85very strong
43d since last run (fresh)
Trainer20% weight
58average
Tony Carroll: 10/44 winners last 14d (23%)
Ratings50% weight
39below average
OR 51 · RPR 65 · TS 58
Form20% weight
19weak
Last 6: 8-7-8-6-5-7

MarketBest price 8.00 (Betfair Exchange) — 4th pick of 13 in market. AI is contrarian here.

v1.3 rating · weights and method explained on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.

Runners

Pos	#	Dr	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Form	Wt	OR	RPR	TS	AI	SP
—	1	3	Up The Anti 4yo · F · b	Jason Watson Tony Carroll	74648P	9-09	55	65	—	42.3	—
7	2	5	Phoenix Beach 7yo · G · bp	Kieran O'Neill Scott Dixon	939355	9-09	55	67	—	38.1	10/1·11.00 SP
3	3	10	Sioux Warrior 5yo · G · b	Joe Leavy Adrian Wintle	75652	9-08	54	66	72	38.4	4/1·5.00 SP
4	4	6	Mister Sandman 4yo · G · bhpFT HP	David Probert Gary & Josh Moore	54234	9-06	52	67	59	37.2	7/2F·4.50 SP
8	5	8	He's An Angel 6yo · G · ch	Sean D Bowen Kevin Frost	556888	9-06	52	65	30	29.2	8/1·9.00 SP
1	6	7	Neptune Legend 7yo · G · btv	Rossa Ryan Tony Carroll	878657	9-05	51	65	58	43.0	4/1·5.00 SP
12	7	12	Scent Of May 4yo · F · ch	Nicola Currie Henry Candy	24195	9-04	50	65	30	33.2	14/1·15.00 SP
5	8	4	Rinky Tinky Tinky 4yo · F · bpFT P	Benoit De La Sayette Mrs Ilka Gansera-Leveque	67488	9-02	48	66	69	30.5	9/1·10.00 SP
6	9	1	Newyorkstateofmind 9yo · G · bp	Luke Morris Ruth Carr	57002	9-01	47	68	52	34.6	5/1·6.00 SP
9	10	11	Titus Thor 6yo · G · b	Rhys Clutterbuck Malcolm Saunders	0070	9-00	46	60	—	35.1	33/1·34.00 SP
2	11	2	She Went Whoosh 4yo · F · btp	Mikkel Mortensen(5) Scott Dixon	788435	9-00	46	60	37	35.3	25/1·26.00 SP
11	12	9	Coco Hill 6yo · M · b	Taryn Langley(5) Adrian Wintle	34687	9-00	46	60	55	28.7	33/1·34.00 SP
10	13	13	Tilsworth Ony Ta 7yo · G · b	Oliver Carmichael(7) J R Jenkins	87909	9-00	46	60	31	26.4	66/1·67.00 SP
—	—	14	Bluesy Moon 4yo · F · bp	Kieren Fox Michael Attwater	47909	9-00	46	63	36	32.8	—

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 17:40 Bath on 22 May 2026?

Neptune Legend (IRE) won the 17:40 Bath at SP 5.00. Ridden by Rossa Ryan. Trained by Tony Carroll.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:40 Bath?

Yes — the AI top-rated horse, Neptune Legend, won the race (AI score 43.0).

What were the placings in the 17:40 Bath?

Top finishers: 1. Neptune Legend (IRE) (5.00), 2. She Went Whoosh (IRE) (26.00), 3. Sioux Warrior (IRE) (5.00).

What was the winning time for the 17:40 Bath?

The winning time was 1m 9.64s, 2.04s slower than standard.

Racing Post verdict

Third-party

Top of the list is NEWYORKSTATEOFMIND (nap), who turned things around with a strong-finishing second over 5f at Catterick last week.

Racing Post pick: Newyorkstateofmind

Editorial verdict from Racing Post via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha.

Betting forecast

Formbook

7/2 Sioux Warrior, 4/1 Newyorkstateofmind, 5/1 Mister Sandman, 11/2 Phoenix Beach, 6/1 Neptune Legend, 9/1 Scent Of May, 12/1 He's An Angel, 14/1 Up The Anti, 16/1 Rinky Tinky Tinky, She Went Whoosh, 33/1 Coco Hill, 50/1 Tilsworth Ony Ta, 66/1 Titus Thor, Bluesy Moon

Formbook's pre-race odds estimate — not market prices.

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