20.12
Good To FirmChasemore Farm Stud Staff Heron Stakes (Listed Race)
- Prize money: £25519.5
- 1m 0f 0y
- Class 1
- 6 runners
Runners: 6 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy
8/1 (Won)
- Win: £8.50
- Place: £3.60
Form: 4-1 D
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1st 1 (7) |
24th May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 2f 110y |
9st 5lb |
Closest to Minnie Hauk on ratings, although that rival has the benefit of race-fitness and a fillies allowance; made all to beat subsequent three-time Group 1 winner Ombudsman at Sandown (1m2f, good) last season but had the benefit of a run; good placed efforts in Group 2s at York (10.5f, good) and Longchamp (1m4f, good to soft); signed off last term with a cracking run to take third in a Group 1 at Ascot on Champions Day (1m2f, good); there is likely more to come to this term from the British raider. |
5/1 |
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3rd 1 (1) |
18th Oct 2025 Good 1m 1f 212y Class 1 |
9st 7lb |
Made all to beat Ombudsman in Group 3 at Sandown (1m2f, good) in May but was receiving 3lb and had the benefit of recent match practice, unlike that rival who has reached a much higher level since; could go well but looks unlikely to confirm the placings; no further progress in a couple of Group 2 events since, latest over 1m4f in France. |
20/1 |
3/1
- Place: £1.90
Form: 2-1
Last run: 37 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 5 (12) |
31st May 2025 Good To Soft 0m 7f 37y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Lightly raced half-brother to Frankel and went very close in the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot last June (7f, good to firm); could improve for this month's reappearance here (2l fourth of five in Listed race) but others have greater substance to their claims; peak efforts on fast ground. |
12/1 |
|
5 (12) |
31st May 2025 Good To Soft 0m 7f 37y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Lightly raced half-brother to Frankel and went very close in the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot last June (7f, good to firm); could improve for this month's reappearance here (2l fourth of five in Listed race) but others have greater substance to their claims; peak efforts on fast ground. |
12/1 |
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4th 4 (2) |
10th May 2025 Good To Firm 0m 6f 212y Class 1 |
9st 10lb |
Looked an exciting prospect when narrowly denied in last year's Jersey at Royal Ascot (7f, good to firm) on just his fourth start; that made his three subsequent defeats (including fourth to Tiber Flow in Hungerford at Newbury) a little underwhelming but no surprise were he to bounce back with a bang on reappearance for a stable in very good form. |
2/1 |
8/1
Form: 1-3
Last run: 35 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 1 (2) |
7th May 2026 Good 1m 5f 84y Class 1 |
9st 7lb |
Very useful for current yard; has been on his travels this year, winning 1m7f handicap at Riyadh then creditable fourth over 2m at Meydan, both Group 2; however, incurs 5lb penalty and faces a stiffer assignment conceding weight all round in this field. |
16/1 |
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3rd 2 (1) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 4f 0y |
9st 12lb |
Several decent efforts in defeat at Listed/Group 3 level for Jane Chapple-Hyam in 2024 and again earlier this term before making the breakthrough at this level in Ballyroan Stakes over C&D last month, dictating throughout on first attempt at this trip; stiffer task here. |
13/2 |
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3 (2) |
7th Aug 2025 Good 1m 4f 0y |
9st 9lb |
Several decent efforts in defeat at Listed/Group 3 level for Jane Chapple-Hyam in 2024; third to Galen in 1m2f Curragh Group 3 on seasonal/yard debut in April with Crystal Black in fourth; not a bad run when highly tried in the Group 2 Mooresbridge Stakes; worth a first shot at this trip after staying-on fifth of 16 in the Wolferton Stakes at Royal Ascot. |
2/1 |
5/2
Form: 715-11 D
Last run: 32 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 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 |
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1st 4 (8) |
29th Oct 2025 Soft 1m 0f 75y Class 1 |
9st 4lb |
Mixed form in Group races this season but he made the most of his dip into handicap company on latest outing, winning a strongly run, 17-runner contest at York (1m, good; acts on soft); best efforts last year came on softer than good and several runs (not just the latest) make him the form pick. |
6/4 |
9/2
Form: 213-3 D
Last run: 27 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 18 (2) |
13th Jul 2024 Good To Soft 1m 2f 56y Class 2 |
8st 9lb |
Sole 3yo in the field; soundly beaten in Listed race at Sandown (1m, soft) last time but before that he was a creditable third in the Group 3 Classic Trial there (1m2f, good to soft); on a fair mark on best form and his trainer has a good record in this race; not ruled out in first-time tongue-tie. |
14/1 |
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5th 5 (5) |
23rd May 2024 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
prominent, left in second over 5f out |
9/2 |
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5th 5 (5) |
23rd May 2024 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Solid record, having produced form figures of 2133, most recently third in the Classic Trial here (1m2f, good to soft); likely to cope with return to 1m; another good run looks on the cards. |
9/2 |
13/2
Form: 5535-4
Last run: 33 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 13 (3) |
16th May 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 3 |
8st 12lb |
0-16 since winning in June 2023 on his second start but short-headed at Thirsk (7f, good) last month on his stable and seasonal debut and posted another good second at Haydock (7f, good) last Saturday; he's on the shortlist. |
7/1 |
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2nd 4 (7) |
9th May 2026 Good 0m 6f 212y Class 4 |
9st 6lb |
Didn't progress for Richard Hannon but, having dropped in the weights, he went desperately close to making a winning debut for Tim Easterby three weeks ago, staying on strongly at Thirsk (7f, good); 1lb higher today but he attained a BHA rating of 106 in his pomp; contender. |
5/1 |
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2nd 4 (4) |
18th Apr 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 4 |
9st 5lb |
The winner of just one of his 16 starts for Richard Hannon but he was often highly tried; unplaced in six runs in 2025 but that resulted in his handicap mark dropping 17lb; sold for 24,000gns in October; one of two making their debut for Tim Easterby. |
10/1 |
Non-runners
Balmacara, Terre De Vega
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £24.40 |
| Straight Forecast | £34.93 |
| Trifecta | £245.30 |