York Races
York
13:50
Sky Bet Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)
York
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025
Distance: 1m4f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Firm
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £17.35
Place: £3.40 £2.25 £2.40
Exacta: £132.10
Tricast: £995.18
Trifecta: £966
Non-Runners: This Songisforyou (self certificate, bruised foot)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | Asgard's Captain (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Dylan Cunha | 121 lbs | 16/1 | Won | Towards rear - headway 4f out - outpaced 3f out - rallied over 1f out - challenging final 110yds - kept on well and led towards finish(op 14/1) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Insanity (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Alan King | 130 lbs | 10/1 | 0.3 | In rear - headway when not clear run over 3f out - switched right over 1f out - briefly led final 110yds - kept on but headed towards finish(op 9/1) | ||
| 3rd | 5 | French Duke (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Roger Varian | 130 lbs | 11/2 | 1 | Took keen hold - in rear - steady headway on outer but hung left from 3f out - hit on nose by rival's whip final 110yds - stayed on and went third towards finish(op 9/2) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Zanndabad (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | A J Martin | 125 lbs | 22/1 | .5 | Towards rear - in touch with leaders over 3f out - not clear run and lost position 2f out - in the clear and rallied final furlong - went fourth post - eyecatcher(op 16/1) | ||
| 5th | 6 | Champagne Prince (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Jane Chapple-Hyam | 128 lbs | 7/1 | 0.1 | Raced wide early - soon in touch with leaders - headway 3f out - challenging 2f out - led narrowly 1f out - headed then lost three places final 110yds(op 9/1) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Chillingham (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Edward Bethell | 127 lbs | 16/1 | 2.25 | Took keen hold - soon prominent - led but faced challenge 2f out - headed 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 12/1) | ||
| 7th | 10 | Marhaba The Champ (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Sophie Leech | 121 lbs | 25/1 | 3.75 | Steadied start - took keen hold - in rear - not clear run and switched right over 3f out - some headway when hampered 2f out - not recover (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run approaching 2f out)(tchd 28/1) | ||
| 8th | 2 | Naqeeb (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Julie Camacho | 138 lbs | 11/2 | .5 | Raced in second - lost position over 2f out - weakened under 2f out (jockey said gelding hung right-handed throughout) | ||
| 9th | 1 | Mount Atlas (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Andrew Balding | 140 lbs | 13/8F | 8 | Took keen hold - led - headed and weakened 2f out (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by making the running on this occasion - which was noted; vet had nothing to report)(op 15/8) | ||
| 10th | 11 | Austrian Theory (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Tim Easterby | 116 lbs | 40/1 | 11 | Towards rear - struggling 4f out - soon dropped to last - lost touch over 2f out - tailed off |