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Golden Handshake

Horse Form Profile

Age: 4 years

Owner: Four D Partnership

Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

5

22nd Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 100y

14:00 Killarney

Golden Handshake

11st 9lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: William Durkan

Dual Flat winner on good-to-firm in Britain; likely to have finished second but for unseating at the last at Galway on hurdles debut 21 days ago; that rates strong form so a similar effort could be good enough.

7/4

11

1st Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 175y

14:02 Galway

Golden Handshake

11st 9lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: William Durkan

Two wins up to 1m4f when trained by William Haggas before being sold for 30,000gns; makes hurdling debut after an absence and could run well; the market can help.

12/1

3

(3)

18th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

1m 5f 26y

Class 3

17:20 Ayr

Golden Handshake

9st 2lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: William Haggas

All five starts on good to firm, landing maiden and handicap wins around 1m4f in midsummer; disappointed when stepped up to 1m6f for the strong Melrose Handicap at the York Ebor meeting last month but good chance he can resume his progression back in much calmer waters.

5/2

8

(4)

23rd Aug 2025

Good To Firm

1m 5f 188y

Class 2

14:25 York

Golden Handshake

9st 4lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: William Haggas

Won easily at 2-11 at Lingfield (11.6f, good to firm) in June on third start and followed up by a head in Newbury handicap (1m4f, good to firm); this is a much tougher test of his credentials and he could do with settling better now up in trip, but he's unexposed and is the sole runner for an in-form trainer who won this in 2019 and 2022; could have a part to play.

5/1