15:45 York

Saturday 11 July 2026

All14:0214:3915:1215:4516:2016:5517:30

John Smith's Cup (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 2f 56y  |   Good to Firm (Good in places)  |   22 Runners  |   Turf  |   Amended Result
  • Off time: 15:46  |   Winning time: 2m 9.35s
Odds by:
The word Sky in blue and Bet in white with a red background.
Cloth number
Live Odds
Odds
1
Respond
16/1
18/1
2
Warrant Holder
11/4
3/1
3
Yabher
17/2, 8/1, 15/2
7/1
4
Thunder Run
22/1
5
Danger Bay
6/1
11/2
6
Will Scarlet
40/1
7
Hand Of God
15/2, 7/1, 15/2, 13/2, 13/2, 6/1
11/2
8
Quai De Bethune
12/1, 14/1
16/1
9
Dain Ma Nut In
50/1
10
Auld Toon Loon
66/1
11
Raammee
4/1, 9/2
5/1
12
Iron Fist
22/1
13
Have Secret
100/1, 80/1, 100/1, 80/1
100/1
14
Fantasy Believer
80/1
100/1
15
Sportingsilvermine
22/1
16
Spell Master
40/1
17
Castle Stuart
12/1, 11/1
12/1
18
Altareq
20/1, 22/1
25/1
19
Rainbow Nebula
66/1
20
Salam Dubawi
80/1
21
Per Contra
66/1
22
Pearl River
33/1
SP Book Percentage 138.14

Result Amended

Castle Stuart - Original Position 4th. Amended Position 3rd.
Danger Bay - Original Position 5th. Amended Position 4th.
Salam Dubawi - Original Position 3rd. Amended Position 5th.

Forecasts

Warrant Holder (3/1), Raammee (5/1), Hand Of God (11/2), Danger Bay (11/2), Yabher (7/1), Castle Stuart (12/1), Quai De Bethune (16/1), Respond (18/1), Thunder Run (22/1), Sportingsilvermine (22/1), Iron Fist (22/1), Altareq (25/1), Pearl River (33/1), Spell Master (40/1), Will Scarlet (40/1), Dain Ma Nut In (50/1), Auld Toon Loon (66/1), Rainbow Nebula (66/1), Per Contra (66/1), Salam Dubawi (80/1), Fantasy Believer (100/1), Have Secret (100/1)

Verdict

Roger Varian's lightly-raced RAAMMEE rates just the pick of the weights on the back of an excellent Sandown second and with this step up in trip also rating a positive, he looks the way to go in a cracking John Smith's Cup. Both Warrant Holder and Yabher also look to have better days ahead of them and rate major threats. Respond, Danger Bay and Quai De Bethune also warrant plenty of respect in this wide-open contest.

  1. RAAMMEE
  2. WARRANT HOLDER (IRE)
  3. YABHER

Previous Winners

2025
Fox Legacy
Weight: 9-4  |Age: 4
J: P J McDonald  |  T: A M Balding
10/1

Prize Money

1st: £103,080.002nd: £48,340.003rd: £24,180.004th: £12,080.005th: £6,040.006th: £3,020.00

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