16:25 Haydock

Friday 18 July 2025

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:35

Truly Independent 15th Year Gallop Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   1m 6f  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:25  |   Winning time: 3m 8.91s
Odds by:
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Live Odds
Odds
7
Paggane
10/3
7/2
8
Curran
4/1
3
Pique'
4/1, 7/2
4/1
1
Russian Crescendo
4/1, 18/5, 7/2, 18/5, 4/1
4/1
6
Knights Affair
7/1, 13/2, 7/1, 13/2, 11/2
5/1
2
Beauld As Brass
18/1, 16/1, 14/1, 16/1, 14/1, 16/1
18/1
4
In The Breeze
20/1, 22/1, 20/1, 22/1, 20/1, 22/1
20/1
5
Melakaz
16/1, 18/1, 20/1, 18/1
20/1
SP Book Percentage 113.68

Forecasts

Paggane (7/2), Curran (4/1), Pique' (4/1), Russian Crescendo (4/1), Knights Affair (5/1), Beauld As Brass (18/1), In The Breeze (20/1), Melakaz (20/1)

Verdict

A trappy handicap and it may pay to side with lightly-raced 4-y-o RUSSIAN CRESCENDO who had won 2 of her first 3 starts prior to looking rusty on reappearance at Southwell in April. She's worth another chance following a break and is preferred to Paggane who shaped with encouragement on stable debut and could have more to offer upped in trip under a valuable claiming jockey, while Pique' could be in the mix if recapturing last season's form, with the step back up in trip set to suit.

  1. RUSSIAN CRESCENDO
  2. PAGGANE
  3. PIQUE'

Previous Winners

2024
Story Horse
Weight: 9-3  |Age: 4
7/2

Prize Money

1st: £6,281.002nd: £2,947.003rd: £1,472.004th: £737.005th: £367.00

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