Bath Placepot tips: James Hill with his selections for the £50,000 guaranteed pool

The ground has gone heavy at Bath and that tends to favour the jumps yards, who have a good record in the opening 2m1f handicap. Therefore, I think Zestful (rated 128 over hurdles) is worth including. She'll handle the ground, while Calshot Spit is a course-and-distance winner who has won his last two races.

Think Of A Name has the best form in the 5f juvenile novice and it's no surprise to see Oisin Murphy has been booked. I would also include Rory Rocket, who made a nice debut when second at Brighton last month.

The following 5f handicap is low-grade stuff. However, Tom Faulkner's two runners have eyecatching jockey bookings, with Billy Loughnane aboard the consistent Louis Treize and Hollie Doyle on the first-time blinkered Storm Venture.

Lmay looks the solid option in a competitive Beckford Stakes. However, with conditions so testing it's prudent to include one of the improvers and Entrancement is certainly that.

There are three last-time winners in the 1m2f juvenile novice, but I'm going to desert them all for the once-raced Chambers and the filly Tap Dancer.

I'd leave our banker until the final leg, with Red Cloud the obvious choice. The three-year-old hasn't been out of the top two all season and looked much improved for the fitting of a tongue-tie when winning at Lingfield last time.

Bath Placepot perm

1.25
3 Zestful
5 Calshot Spit

2.00
4 Think Of A Name
7 Rory Rocket

2.35
4 Louis Treize
6 Storm Venture

3.10
2 Entrancement
4 Lmay

3.45
5 Chambers
8 Tap Dancer

4.20
1 Red Cloud

2x2x2x2x2x1 = 32 lines

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