Ascot Races
Ascot
15:05
Hardwicke Stakes
Ascot
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025
Distance: 1m4f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Firm
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £2.50
Place: £1.40 £1.80 £2.20
Exacta: £12
Tricast: £25.03
Trifecta: £48.40
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | Rebel's Romance (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | Charlie Appleby | 129 lbs | 6/4F | Won | Raced wide early - in touch with leaders - headway and led over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - kept on final 110yds(op 13/8) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Al Riffa (FR) | 5 H | Good | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 129 lbs | 4/1 | 1.75 | Raced wide early - midfield - headway and went second over 1f out - kept on final 110yds(op 6/1) | ||
| 3rd | 7 | Ghostwriter (IRE) | 3 C | AVG | Clive Cox | 129 lbs | 5/1 | 1.5 | Prominent on inner - hung right and outpaced over 2f out - rallied 1f out - kept on(op 11/2) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Palladium (GER) | 4 G | Good | John & Thady Gosden | 129 lbs | 16/1 | 1.25 | Midfield - headway over 2f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 11/1) | ||
| 4th | 11 | Sunway (FR) | 4 C | AVG | David Menuisier | 129 lbs | 10/1 | 0 | Raced in second - led over 3f out - headed over 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 17/2) | ||
| 6th | 12 | Tabletalk (IRE) | 3 C | AVG | Tom Clover | 129 lbs | 25/1 | .75 | Raced wide early - in rear - headway over 1f out - no impression final 110yds | ||
| 7th | 1 | Al Aasy (IRE) | 8 G | Good | William Haggas | 129 lbs | 12/1 | .5 | Steadied start - held up in rear - not clear run and switched left over 2f out - brief headway over 1f out - never dangerous(op 10/1) | ||
| 8th | 4 | Burdett Road (GB) | 5 G | AVG | James Owen | 129 lbs | 40/1 | 6.5 | Dwelt start - took keen hold - always behind(op 28/1) | ||
| 9th | 3 | Bellum Justum (IRE) | 4 C | Good | Andrew Balding | 129 lbs | 33/1 | 1.25 | Never better than midfield(op 22/1) | ||
| 10th | 10 | Space Legend (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | William Haggas | 129 lbs | 25/1 | 1.5 | Led - headed over 3f out - weakened over 1f out(op 18/1) | ||
| 11th | 6 | Epic Poet (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | David O'Meara | 129 lbs | 25/1 | 9 | Always behind(tchd 22/1) | ||
| 12th | 5 | Candleford (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | William Haggas | 129 lbs | 25/1 | 4.75 | Midfield - weakened over 1f out(op 18/1) |