Epsom Races
Epsom
18:30
Steve Donoghue Handicap
Epsom
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Distance: 1m½f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Firm
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £2.50
Place: £1.60 £2.90
Exacta: £11.10
Tricast: £26.20
Trifecta: £36
Non-Runners: Local Bay (self certificate, coughing), Platinum Prince (self certificate, off feed), Roundabout Silver (unsuitable ground), Starshiba (self certificate, lame)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | Jiff's Army (IRE) | 3 G | AVG | Stuart Williams | 132 lbs | 6/4F | Won | In touch with leaders - going easily and switched right over 2f out - headway to lead over 1f out - ran on well inside final furlong(op 11/8) | ||
| 2nd | 1 | Royal Pleasure (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Karen Jewell | 142 lbs | 6/1 | 2.5 | Taken down early - slowly away - in rear early - midfield after 2f - waiting for room over 2f out - headway then not clear run over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 11/2 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Tex (FR) | 4 G | Poor |
Jack Callan
(7)lbs
|
George Baker | 134 lbs | 7/2 | 0.1 | In touch with leaders - hung left but headway from over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong (jockey said gelding hung left-handed under pressure) | |
| 4th | 8 | Jet Packer (GB) | 3 G | Poor | Jim Boyle | 133 lbs | 13/2 | 4.25 | Led - headed and weakened from over 1f out(op 8/1) | ||
| 5th | 11 | Rainbow Sign (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Mark Pattinson | 123 lbs | 25/1 | 2.25 | Stumbled start - towards rear - hung left from 2f out - some headway inside final furlong (jockey said gelding stumbled leaving stalls and hung left-handed under pressure)(op 22/1 tchd 33/1) | ||
| 6th | 4 | Classic Speed (IRE) | 4 G | Poor | Brian Toomey | 140 lbs | 22/1 | 2 | Prominent - weakened from 2f out(tchd 20/1 and tchd 25/1) | ||
| 7th | 7 | Buy The Dip (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Jim Boyle | 138 lbs | 6/1 | 1 | Slowly away - in rear throughout - hung left from over 1f out(op 11/2 tchd 5/1) |