2:25 York 23 Aug 2025
Sky Bet Melrose Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)
(Class 2) (1m5f188yds) 1m6f Good To Firm
1st
£87,618 2nd
£41,089 3rd
£20,553 4th
£10,268 5th
£5,134 6th
£2,567
Error
| Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
|
Jockey
Trainer
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Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 99 | 93 | 82 | 105 | – | ||||
| b c Frankel - Visit (Oasis Dream) | ||||||||||
| Held up in midfield, steady headway over 4f out, ridden and led narrowly or disputed lead over 1f out, headed inside final 110yds, led again post, just prevailed (op 11/2) | ||||||||||
|
3 | 94 | 88 | 77 | 100 | – | ||||
| b g Study Of Man (IRE) - Mariee (Archipenko) | ||||||||||
| Towards rear, steady headway over 3f out, disputed lead over 1f out, soon edged right, led narrowly inside final 110yds, headed post, just failed (tchd 4/1) | ||||||||||
|
3 | 99 | 93 | 78 | 100 | – | ||||
| ch c New Bay - Strawberry Martini (Mount Nelson) | ||||||||||
| Prominent, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final 110yds (op 9/1) | ||||||||||
|
3 | 813 t | 83 | 66 | 88 | – | ||||
| ch c Sea The Stars (IRE) - Holy Moon (IRE) (Hernando) | ||||||||||
| Sweating, pressed leader, prominent after 5f, pressed leaders over 2f out, lost fourth when outpaced inside final furlong, went modest fourth inside final 110yds (op 7/1) | ||||||||||
|
3 | 94 | 88 | 71 | 93 | – | ||||
| b g Make Believe - Donau (IRE) (High Chaparral) | ||||||||||
| Slowly into stride, in touch with leaders, outpaced over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, some headway and went fourth inside final furlong, lost fourth inside final 110yds (op 10/1) | ||||||||||
|
3 | 96 | 90 | 72 | 94 | – | ||||
| b c Teofilo (IRE) - Lunar Maria (Dubawi) | ||||||||||
| Held up in rear, outpaced over 3f out, headway inside final 110yds, not pace to challenge (op 9/1 tchd 8/1) | ||||||||||
|
3 | 813 | 83 | 65 | 87 | – | ||||
| ch c Lope De Vega (IRE) - Asyad (IRE) (New Approach) | ||||||||||
| Held up in midfield, headway over 3f out, outpaced over 1f out (op 8/1) | ||||||||||
| 3 | 99 | 93 | 73 | 95 | – | |||||
| ch g New Bay - Bay Light (IRE) (Lope De Vega) | ||||||||||
| Held up in rear, some headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong (op 18/1) | ||||||||||
|
3 | 91 | 85 | 64 | 86 | – | ||||
| b f Ten Sovereigns (IRE) - Lovelocks (IRE) (High Chaparral) | ||||||||||
| In rear, headway over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, no telling impression (op 50/1) | ||||||||||
| 3 | 95 | 89 | 56 | 78 | – | |||||
| b g Frankel - Westwiththenight (IRE) (Cape Cross) | ||||||||||
| Led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 16/1) | ||||||||||
| 3 | 94 | 88 | 45 | 66 | – | |||||
| b g Zarak (FR) - Star Value (IRE) (Danehill Dancer) | ||||||||||
| Midfield, weakened over 2f out (jockey said gelding ran too free in middle of race; vet examined gelding post-race during routine testing and had nothing to report) (tchd 17/2) | ||||||||||
|
3 | 91 | 85 | – | – | – | ||||
| b g Time Test - Bella Lulu (Iffraaj) | ||||||||||
| Sweating, prominent early, in touch with leaders after 2f, weakened over 2f out, tailed off (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than jockey's report that gelding stopped quickly on this occasion; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report) (op 12/1) | ||||||||||
- 12 ran Off time: 2:25:22 Winning time: 2m 59.71s (slow by 3.11s) Total SP: 123%
- 1st owner: Juddmonte (Tarriance) 1st breeder: Juddmonte Farms Ltd
- 2nd owner: James Finch (Many Men)
- 3rd owner: A Stennett, G Kennington & C Hodgson (Daiquiri Bay)
- Tote win: £6 PL: £2.40 £2.30 £2.60 Ex: £33.40 CSF: £28.71 Tricast: £183.20 Trifecta: £280
- DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 27 (36%) M [5-8] 56 (28%) H [9-12] 67 (36%)
