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Friday 24 April 2026

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bet365 Esher Cup Handicap

3YO only | Class 2 | 1m | 8 Runners | Turf

(1)

Goodwood Galaxy²¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: David Probert| T: D Menuisier| OR: 100

20/1

Pitched in deep after winning a Salisbury maiden on debut and back on track when 2 lengths fourth of 7 to Look To The Stars in conditions stakes at Newbury (1m, good to soft). Big effort needed to defy this mark on return to action, though.

Form: 1474-

(8)

Look To The Stars^h1¹⁹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby| OR: 97| DWS

6/1

Off the mark when defeating a highly-touted rival at Kempton (7f) and improved again (despite sweating/showing awkward head carriage) to follow up at Newbury. Failed to see out 1¼m in the Zetland Stakes final start but a hood goes on and he's back at 1m for return/following breathing operation.

Form: 22116-

(5)

Organise¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: James Doyle| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 97| D

1/1

360,000 gns Night of Thunder colt who made a highly-promising start when landing 14-runner novice at Southwell (7f) in November. Still not the finished article when landing the odds over 1m on return a fortnight ago and this Dante entrant is open to considerable improvement.

Form: 1-1

(3)

Suspended Sentence²⁰⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: H Crouch| T: M L W Bell| OR: 94| CD

33/1

Displayed a willing attitude when beating a next-time-out scorer at Ripon (1m) in August and didn't need to improve a great deal to follow up in a nursery over C&D a month later. Ran a cracker given he was slowly away and also pulled hard when fourth in listed company final 2-y-o start.

Form: 64114-

(6)

Laureate Crown³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: H Palmer| OR: 93

11/2

Flying too high in Group 2 and Group 3 following debut success at Ascot but having been gelded, he showed why he was tried in pattern company when a striking winner of 4-runner nursery at Wolverhampton last month, overcoming pace bias. 6 lb rise could be lenient.

Form: 1856-1

(7)

Capall Rasa¹⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 92| D

16/1

Footstepsinthesand gelding who beat a couple of next-time-out winners at Southwell in October and was pretty impressive when following up under a hands-and-heels ride upped to 1m there 7 weeks later. Could easily resume progress on grass.

Form: 3811-

(4)

Nobody Knows³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: R L Moore| T: R Hughes| OR: 89

7/2

Sent off 5/4 and looked useful when making a winning debut in a novice at Ayr over 7f in September, quickening clear with an impressive turn of foot. Had no problem with 8.5f when following up at Wolverhampton last month and his limit has yet to be reached.

Form: 1-1

Non-Runners

(2)

Breathe Easy⁵⁵

Weight: 8-5| Age: 3

T: A M Balding J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Organise (5/4), Nobody Knows (11/4), Laureate Crown (7/1), Capall Rasa (8/1), Look To The Stars (8/1), Breathe Easy (8/1), Goodwood Galaxy (16/1), Suspended Sentence (33/1)

This should be a really informative 3-y-o handicap with Dante entrant ORGANISE perhaps the answer as he'll surely end up better than a handicapper as he gains further experience. Nobody Knows has passed both tests so far, so his ceiling has yet to be ascertained, while Laureate Crown looked good at Wolverhampton last month.