Full Result 5.35 Ascot | 21 June 2025

Golden Gates Stakes (Handicap)

(Class 2) (0-105, 3yo) (1m1f212yds) 1m2f Good To Firm

1st £56,694 2nd £26,587 3rd £13,299 4th £6,644 5th £3,322 6th £1,661

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁴⁾	10. Quai De Bethune (FR) 12/1 Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding	Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding	3	92	93	96	107	–
b c Persian King (IRE) - Edavanna (FR) (Wootton Bassett)
Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along and headway from over 2f out, waiting for room over 1f out, ridden and went second inside final furlong, kept on well and led post (op 10/1)

2⁽¹⁶⁾ nse	5. Seraph Gabriel (IRE) 11/4F Rossa Ryan Ralph Beckett	Rossa Ryan Ralph Beckett	3	94	95	98	108	–
b c Saxon Warrior (JPN) - Archangel Gabriel (USA) (Arch)
Towards rear, switched left and headway from over 2f out, ridden and edged right over 1f out, led 1f out, kept on but headed post (op 5/2)

3⁽⁵⁾ 1 [1]	4. Best Secret (FR) 4/1 James Doyle S Wattel	James Doyle S Wattel	3	94	95	96	106	–
b c Persian King (IRE) - Private Eye (FR) (American Post)
In rear, still plenty to do when short of room over 2f out, headway over 1f out, switched left 1f out, ridden and hung left inside final furlong, went third and kept on well final 110yds (jockey said colt hung left-handed)

4⁽¹⁵⁾ 3½ [4½]	16. Glen To Glen (IRE) 9/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle Joseph Patrick O'Brien	Dylan Browne McMonagle Joseph Patrick O'Brien	3	813	90	85	94	–
b g Dawn Approach (IRE) - Galuminous (IRE) (Intense Focus)
Midfield, headway over 2f out, challenging over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 7/1)

5⁽¹⁹⁾ 3¾ [8¼]	7. Basalt (IRE) 66/1 Luke Morris Archie Watson	Luke Morris Archie Watson	3	93 p¹	94	81	91	–
gr c Pinatubo (IRE) - Alienate (Oasis Dream)
Prominent on outer, led narrowly 2f out, headed 1f out, soon weakened (op 80/1)

6⁽¹¹⁾ nk [8½]	14. War Socks 33/1 Silvestre De Sousa Niels Petersen	Silvestre De Sousa Niels Petersen	3	90 h	91	78	87	–
ch c Kameko (USA) - Courteous Crown (Helmet)
Led narrowly, headed and pressed leader after 2f, led again over 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened final furlong (op 40/1 tchd 50/1)

7⁽⁹⁾ nk [9]	8. Aurel (GER) 33/1 Richard Kingscote Ralph Beckett	Richard Kingscote Ralph Beckett	3	93	94	80	89	–
b c Soldier Hollow - Achinora (Sleeping Indian)
Midfield, no impression (op 28/1)

8⁽²⁾ hd [9]	3. Tycoon 18/1 David Egan John & Thady Gosden	David Egan John & Thady Gosden	3	96 p¹	97	83	92	–
b c Kingman - Bufera (IRE) (King's Best)
Prominent on inner, weakened over 1f out (op 16/1 tchd 20/1)

9⁽⁷⁾ ½ [9½]	17. Brindavan (IRE) 28/1 Colin Keane S Woods	Colin Keane S Woods	3	813	90	75	84	–
b g Belardo (IRE) - Cork Harbour (IRE) (Harbour Watch)
Took keen hold, held up in midfield, headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong (op 25/1)

10⁽³⁾ nk [10]	1. Rock Of Cashel (IRE) 66/1 Sean Levey A P O'Brien	Sean Levey A P O'Brien	3	99 b	100	84	93	–
b c Wootton Bassett - Best In The World (IRE) (Galileo)
Prominent, weakened over 1f out (tchd 50/1)

11⁽⁴⁾ ½ [10½]	9. Violet Star (FR) 5/1 Ben Coen J P Murtagh	Ben Coen J P Murtagh	3	93	94	77	86	–
ch g Sioux Nation (USA) - Sea Goddess (IRE) (Galileo)
Held up in midfield on inner, switched left over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, ran in this and in all previous races as Dakota Blue (op 6/1 tchd 9/2)

12⁽¹²⁾ 1¾ [12¼]	13. Fantazy Man (IRE) 25/1 Seamie Heffernan J P Murtagh	Seamie Heffernan J P Murtagh	3	91 p	92	72	81	–
ch g Shaman (IRE) - Fanzine (Medicean)
Midfield, weakened over 1f out (tchd 28/1)

13⁽⁶⁾ 5 [17¼]	6. El Burhan (IRE) 12/1 Jim Crowley George Boughey	Jim Crowley George Boughey	3	94 t	95	65	74	–
b g New Bay - Sar Oiche (IRE) (Teofilo)
Towards rear, weakened 2f out (tchd 14/1)

14⁽¹⁾ 44 [61¼]	12. Roosevelt 20/1 Ryan Moore A P O'Brien	Ryan Moore A P O'Brien	3	91 t¹	92	–	–	–
b c Frankel - Materialistic (Oasis Dream)
Pressed leader, led narrowly after 2f, headed over 3f out, weakened and eased 2f out (tchd 22/1)

15⁽¹⁸⁾ 2 [63¼]	11. Ernst Blofeld (IRE) 10/1 William Buick John & Thady Gosden	William Buick John & Thady Gosden	3	91 p¹	92	–	–	–
b c Frankel - Quidura (Dubawi)
In touch with leaders on outer, pushed along over 4f out, weakened and eased 2f out (op 11/1 tchd 9/1)

15 ran Off time: 5:35:26 Winning time: 2m 5.15s (slow by 0.75s) Total SP: 124%
Non-runners: Sallaal (unsuitable ground), The King's Falcon (self certificate, bad scope)
1st owner: Gary Gillies & Team Valor (Quai De Bethune) 1st breeder: Ecurie X
2nd owner: Marcstown Ltd (Seraph Gabriel)
3rd owner: Wathnan Racing (Best Secret)
Tote win: £13 PL: £4.10 £1.85 £1.75 Ex: £70.10 CSF: £43.26 Tricast: £164.28 Trifecta: £359.70
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-5] 38 (39%) M [6-12] 32 (17%) H [14-19] 80 (44%)

5:35 Ascot 21 Jun 2025

Golden Gates Stakes (Handicap)