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Good To SoftDarley Dewhurst Stakes (Group 1) (No Geldings)
- Prize money: £283550
- 0m 7f 0y
- Class 1
- 5 runners
Runners: 5 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly cloudy
8/11 (Won)
- Win: £2.00
- Place: £1.10
Form: 1121 C
Last run: 14 days
W: 9st 3lb
2 yo Colt
OR: 119
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 10 (5) |
13th Sep 2025 Good To Soft 0m 7f 6y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Champion 2yo last season, having won the Middle Park and Dewhurst (both on soft ground), and he ran well in the 2,000 Guineas on reappearance; rather a disappointing favourite in the 6f Commonwealth Cup, then couldn't quite get the job done in the 7f Prix Jean Prat having held every chance; drops back from Group 1 level with leading claims on best form. |
13/8 |
|
9 (19) |
20th Jun 2025 Good To Firm 0m 6f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Won two Group 1s at Newmarket last autumn (6f/7f, soft), namely the Middle Park and the Dewhurst; reappeared with excellent third in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket (1m, good), where he was outstayed by the first two; unraced on fast ground; has the potential to be a top-class sprinter. |
6/4 |
|
3rd 8 (2) |
3rd May 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Good-ground wins on first two runs before close second in Group 2 Gimcrack (6f, good), then enjoyed stellar autumn here with Group 1 wins in the Middle Park (6f, soft) and Dewhurst (7f, soft), becoming Champion Two-Year-Old; had a racecourse gallop here last month; stayed on well in the Dewhurst which provides optimism he'll see out 1m; a tongue-tie goes on; could have a big say, even though William Buick rides stablemate Ruling Court. |
7/1 |
12/1
- Place: £2.80
Form: 1 D
Last run: 7 days
W: 9st 3lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 2 (2) |
17th May 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
9st 11lb |
2024 Dewhurst runner-up on soft; highly tried in a three-run campaign last season, which never really took off; seasonal return was much more positive when coming home strongly from off the pace in a Leopardstown Listed contest (1m, yielding to soft) to take the runner-up spot behind a better-fancied stablemate; big player but this better ground is a small concern. |
9/4 |
|
2nd 3 (10) |
15th Apr 2026 Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
2024 Dewhurst runner-up on soft; ran way below that level in two Guineas attempts on better ground last spring; faded after showing up early at Newmarket, always behind at the Curragh after a slow start; failed to run to expectations when unplaced favourite for a C&D Listed race last September. |
10/1 |
9/4
Form: 111 C
Last run: 91 days
W: 9st 3lb
2 yo Colt
OR: 114
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 1 (6) |
12th Oct 2024 Good To Soft 0m 7f 0y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
Dubawi colt who is unbeaten in three starts, all at the Newmarket tracks (6f/7f, good/good to firm); absent since beating Seagulls Eleven and subsequent Royal Lodge winner Wimbledon Hawkeye in the Superlative Stakes three months ago; that race has thrown up the Dewhurst winner in two of the last three years, including Native Trail for this yard; strong contender, for all that William Buick deserts him for stablemate Shadow Of Light. |
9/4 |
|
1st 1 (2) |
13th Jul 2024 Good To Soft 0m 7f 0y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
Promising colt who has won a couple of Newmarket novice events (good to firm) with something to spare, latest over C&D; sire Dubawi won this race in 2004 and trainer has landed this prize four times in the last eight years; very strong credentials. |
6/4 |
|
1st 1 (1) |
22nd Jun 2024 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 4 |
9st 10lb |
carried right start, prominent |
10/11 |
8/1
Form: 2123 D
Last run: 27 days
W: 9st 3lb
2 yo Colt
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 7 (6) |
11th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 0m 7f 213y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
This prominent racer was pipped by No Lunch (who has to give him 3lb now) in Saint-Cloud Group 2 on reappearance but has built on that with wins in Listed race at Longchamp and Group 3 at Epsom (both 1m, good to soft) in recent months; while his best RPRS have been achieved on good or softer his second on good to firm at last year's Newmarket July meeting was as good as anything he'd achieved at that stage; should go well. |
8/1 |
|
1st 7 (8) |
5th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 1m 0f 113y Class 1 |
9st 8lb |
Appears versatile as regards ground; Group 3 winner at last year's Glorious Goodwood and better than ever in two French races this term, making all at Longchamp (1m Listed) latest; reasonably solid in current form returned to home soil, and further progress is possible. |
4/1 |
|
8th 10 (1) |
23rd Aug 2025 Good To Firm 0m 7f 0y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
3yo who has done well since being gelded, finishing second in a Listed race at Newmarket (1m, good to firm) then beating his three rivals to win the Group 3 Thoroughbred Stakes at Goodwood (1m, soft); supplemented for this race at a cost of £40,000 but could be vulnerable in this grade. |
25/1 |
50/1
Form: 8146 D
Last run: 27 days
W: 9st 3lb
2 yo Colt
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
22th 24 (1) |
18th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 0m 7f 0y Class 2 |
9st 2lb |
Proved well down the pecking order at Ballydoyle, notwithstanding two wins (7f/1m2f); comfortably on top in Ovrevoll handicap (8.5f) in latest start for a Norwegian stable that he has joined this year; however, faces a markedly harder assignment in this field. |
33/1 |
|
4 (7) |
19th Oct 2025 Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 6lb |
Highly-tried 3yo and often out of his depth but did win 4-runner 1m2f Navan contest in July when dropped in grade; tame effort in handicap company latest and now drops back to 1m; opposable. |
12/1 |
|
19th 4 (17) |
14th Sep 2025 Good To Yielding 1m 2f 0y |
9st 11lb |
Highly-tried 3yo and often out of his depth but did win 4-runner Navan contest over this trip in July when dropped in grade; no show in Group 3 Royal Whip over C&D latest; stiff task back in handicap company. |
20/1 |
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| Trifecta | £18.30 |
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