15.35
GoodVirgin Bet Celebration Mile Stakes (Group 2)
- Prize money: £89885.35
- 1m 0f 0y
- Class 1
- 6 runners
Runners: 6 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
Form: 49-726 CD
Last run: 35 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 1 (4) |
22nd May 2026 Soft 1m 1f 197y Class 1 |
9st 6lb |
Won the Celebration Mile at Goodwood in 2024; creditable third, faring best of the runners who came off steady pace, in Group 2 at Chester (good) upped to 1m2f last time; unexposed at this distance and enters calculations despite carrying a 3lb penalty for Listed success (1m, soft) last autumn. |
7/2 |
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3rd 3 (3) |
8th May 2026 Good 1m 2f 70y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
Ended last season with a pair of 1m victories, the latest in a Nottingham Listed event (soft); not totally disgraced when fifth of eight in a Group 3 at Dusseldorf (1m, heavy) on last month's return, but that does indicate his limitations; races beyond an extended 1m for the first time; stable also runs Royal Rhyme. |
20/1 |
4/1
Form: 1-3331 D
Last run: 28 days
W: 9st 7lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 111
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 4 (8) |
6th Sep 2025 Good 1m 0f 37y Class 1 |
9st 5lb |
Regained the winning thread in Pontefract Listed event (1m, good) on his return to British soil in July and respectable 1l fourth to Jonquil in Group 2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood (good to firm; Ice Max 2l back in fifth) 13 days ago; should go well but Ice Max met trouble in running in West Sussex so he's no good thing to confirm that superiority over Karl Burke's charge. |
100/30 |
|
3 (3) |
24th Aug 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 7lb |
Had thirditis this year until regaining the winning thread in Pontefract Listed event (1m, good) returned to British soil last time, taking record to 6-22; has several pieces of Group form, notably a success at Deauville last August; solid claims back up in class. |
4/1 |
|
4 (5) |
27th Jul 2025 Good 1m 0f 6y Class 1 |
9st 7lb |
Has winning form in Britain, France and UAE; has a touch of thirditis this year but went close in Chantilly Group 3 over 1m most recently, running close to his best; again likely to be thereabouts. |
5/1 |
7/2
Form: -31815 D
Last run: 28 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Mare
OR: 114
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No Results Found |
14/1
Form: 552025 CD
Last run: 15 days
W: 9st 4lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 97
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 1 (3) |
2nd May 2026 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 7lb |
Talented mare who ran well in Listed and Group events last season and was runner-up in a Class 2 handicap at Newmarket (1m, good) on her reappearance last month; should go well again but she has a bit to find on these figures and her last win was in July 2024. |
6/1 |
|
2nd 1 (5) |
14th Apr 2026 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 2 |
9st 10lb |
Talented mare although her last win was back in July 2024; started last year's campaign with solid fifth of 14 in Newbury's Spring Cup (good) and ran well on plenty of other occasions, notably when close third in Goodwood Group 2 (also 1m, good to firm) in August; creditable third in C&D Listed event the following month but has career-high mark to contend with on this return. |
12/1 |
2/1
Form: 6-1205
Last run: 26 days
W: 9st 1lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 4 (2) |
16th May 2026 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Mixed results in international races are flanked by wins in last two domestic attempts, namely Group 2 at Goodwood and Listed race at Ascot, both over 1m on good to firm; very useful but his figures seem to have settled at a ceiling that is below the required standard in this field. |
12/1 |
|
1st 6 (6) |
1st May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 5lb |
2025 seemed to establish that he's better over 1m than 6f or 7f and the best of those efforts, including at the top level, give him a good chance in today's company; reappearance in Abu Dhabi in February was not of the same order but he could bounce back. |
7/2 |
|
6 (6) |
24th Aug 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 1lb |
Won the Greenham on reappearance, then went very close in the French 2,000 Guineas (sole 1m attempt); best to forgive his defeats at Royal Ascot (seemed to find 6f inadequate) and Glorious Goodwood (7f; race didn't pan out favourably) since; respected on his spring figures. |
2/1 |
5/1
Form: 12-211 C
Last run: 25 days
W: 8st 12lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10 (1) |
4th Oct 2025 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Never out of the first two in seven races and arrives here on a wave of improvement after going close in a Group 2 at Goodwood last month (1m, good to firm; won on soft and performed well on heavy); raised another level here but wouldn't be too dismissive should conditions take a turn for the worse. |
25/1 |
|
7 (7) |
24th Aug 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
8st 12lb |
Has built up a solid record (212211) over 7f and dead-heated in Group 3 contest against her own sex at Glorious Goodwood (good) most recently, adding to her Carlisle Listed win (soft); shapes as if she'll stay this new trip; improving filly who has clear possibilities. |
5/1 |
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1st 12 (10) |
30th Jul 2025 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 1 |
8st 13lb |
Listed runner-up on reappearance at Epsom (7f, good to soft) in June then went one better in good style in Listed race at Carlisle (7f, soft; even-money favourite); this is a much tougher test of her credentials and she's unraced on good/faster, but she's unexposed and open to further progress. |
16/1 |
Non-runners
Balmacara
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £18.00 |
| Straight Forecast | £25.37 |
| Trifecta | £129.80 |
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