13:45 Newmarket

Saturday 2 May 2026

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Betfred Handicap (Heritage Handicap)

4YO plus | Class 2 | 6f | 10 Runners | Turf

(3)

Invictus Gold¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Tom Clover| OR: 101| CD

8/1

Finished third behind Double Rush on C&D reappearance for the second year in a row here last time, and while he's probably as good as ever, there's no obvious reason to expect a reversal of that form.

Form: 31055-3

(6)

El Bodon²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 100| D

25/1

Landed back-to-back 6f handicaps at Kempton in February, but he found his run of good form coming to a halt on All-Weather Finals Day at Newcastle last time and looks no more than averagely treated back on turf.

Form: 841-140

(8)

Jakajaro^p¹⁸^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Tom Marquand| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 95| C| D

10/1

Ended a long losing run with a dominant success over 5f here on return, and while that was a career-best effort, following up under a penalty in a better race will prove tougher. Cheekpieces go back on.

Form: 33557-1

(9)

Apollo One⁶³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Marco Ghiani| T: P Charalambous & J Clutterbuck| OR: 98| D

16/1

Runner-up in the Portland at Doncaster and an Ascot Group 3 last season, though hasn't been close to that level in the Middle East this winter, finishing well beaten at Meydan in late-February.

Form: 2-40829

(10)

Sir Les Patterson²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: Stephen Thorne| OR: 96| D

10/1

Found his progress on the all-weather halted when bidding for a hat-trick on Finals Day at Newcastle, and it's hard to be confident now returning to turf, his record more miss than hit.

Form: 3041-10

(2)

Double Rush¹⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Shane Foley| T: A M Balding| OR: 90| CD

11/10

Comfortable winner on handicap debut here for Charles Hills last season and made it 2-2 over C&D with an impressive success on first start for Andrew Balding last time. Likely to prove better than this grade and should prove hard to beat under a penalty.

Form: 11320-1

(4)

Coul Angel¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: W Buick| T: M Appleby| OR: 94| CD

11/1

4-time all-weather winner opened his turf account over C&D last season and though he ran as well as ever when chasing home Double Rush here on return from 13 weeks off, a 5 lb swing probably won't be enough to reverse the placings.

Form: 112-672

(1)

Brian¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: D Egan| T: J S Moore| OR: 93| D

16/1

Showed more than on return when mid-field in a competitive handicap at Newbury and though his mark is a fair one, he may be vulnerable pitched into a better-quality race.

Form: 5297-08

(7)

Addison Grey¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Rossa Ryan| T: C G Cox| OR: 92| BF| D

5/1

Low-mileage 4-y-o who gained his third career success on the July Course here last August. Gelded in the off-season, he got firmly back on the up when going close on reappearance at Newbury and is probably well treated off an unchanged mark.

Form: 71310-2

(5)

Indian Run²⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: James Doyle| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 90| D

33/1

Merely ticking over in similar handicaps to this last summer, and returning from 8 months off, it's hard to envisage him capitalising on a falling mark.

Form: 863407-

Forecasts

Double Rush (1/1), Addison Grey (5/1), Invictus Gold (8/1), Jakajaro (10/1), Coul Angel (10/1), Sir Les Patterson (14/1), Brian (16/1), Apollo One (20/1), El Bodon (25/1), Indian Run (25/1)

A race that revolves around DOUBLE RUSH, who looks a sprinter bound for better things, and he can defy a penalty to maintain his unbeaten record at this track. There are more races to be won with Addison Grey this season, but he's probably bumping into one here, with recent course winner Jakajaro best of the rest.