14:20 Newmarket

Saturday 3 May 2025

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All13:1013:4514:2014:5515:3516:0516:4017:1517:50

Betfred Suffolk Stakes (Heritage Handicap)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 1f  |   Good (Good to Firm in places)  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:21  |   Winning time: 1m 49.59s
1st
Horse silk
8
(9)
Fox Legacy
48-10
15/2
T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy
Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well op 13/2
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¼
5
(3)
Bopedro
99-2
33/1
T: D O'MearaJ: S M Levey
Mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner
3rd
Horse silk
½
1
(5)
Arabian Light
49-12
7/2
T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick
Held up in mid-division, headway tracking leaders 3f out, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner, lost 2nd towards finish op 9/2 tchd 10/3
4th
Horse silk
1 ¼
13
(7)
Urban Sprawl
58-2
50/1
T: C JohnstonJ: Joanna Mason
Always prominent, ridden and lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened towards finish
5th
Horse silk
½
9
(6)
Born Ruler
58-9
20/1
T: Sir Mark PrescottJ: L Morris
Held up in rear, headway far side rail over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 22/1
6th
Horse silk
3
6
(13)
Silver Sword
58-13
28/1
T: Dylan CunhaJ: D Egan
Mid-division, headway chasing leaders inside final 2f, weakened final furlong op 25/1
7th
Horse silk
½
10
(10)
Metallo
48-7
28/1
T: J ChannonJ: S De Sousa
Led and went to race alone towards near side, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 25/1 tchd 33/1
8th
Horse silk
1 ¾
11
(12)
Dutch Decoy
88-5
16/1
T: C JohnstonJ: J Fanning
Raced keenly tracking leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 20/1
9th
Horse silk
½
3
(1)
Hand Of God
49-8
13/8f
T: Harry CharltonJ: R L Moore
Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon outpaced, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f tchd 7/4
10th
Horse silk
nk
2
(8)
Sean
89-9
28/1
T: J A OsborneJ: Saffie Osborne
Held up and always towards rear op 33/1
11th
Horse silk
nk
7
(4)
Approval
48-12
11/2
T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand
Towards far side, chased leaders ridden and weakened over 1f out tchd 5/1
12th
Horse silk
½
4
(2)
Galeron
59-8
11/1
T: C HillsJ: Jason Watson
Held up towards rear, headway far side over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 9/1
13th
Horse silk
43
12
(11)
Desperate Dan
48-2
33/1
T: P W Chapple-HyamJ: Warren Fentiman (5)
Always behind, never a factor, tailed off op 28/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.25Pl:£2.75, £8.45, £1.85EX:£281.10Trifecta:£1,350.80Tricast:£1,061.55SF:£241.79Swingers:£47.50, £8.80, £24.40

Forecasts

Hand Of God (13/8), Arabian Light (7/2), Approval (11/2), Fox Legacy (15/2), Galeron (11/1), Dutch Decoy (16/1), Born Ruler (20/1), Silver Sword (28/1), Metallo (28/1), Sean (28/1), Bopedro (33/1), Desperate Dan (33/1), Urban Sprawl (50/1)

Verdict

Plenty of interesting ones in this valuable handicap but none more so than HAND OF GOD, a fast-improving sort who won both his starts last season and promises to go on to even better things. Fox Legacy, Approval and Arabian Light complete the shortlist.

  1. HAND OF GOD
  2. FOX LEGACY
  3. APPROVAL

Previous Winners

2024
Liberty Lane
Weight: 9-7  |Age: 4
J: C Lee  |  T: K R Burke
9/1

Prize Money

1st: £51,540.002nd: £24,170.003rd: £12,090.004th: £6,040.005th: £3,020.006th: £1,510.00

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