16:20 Newbury

Saturday 17 May 2025

All12:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:55

BoyleSports Home Of The Early Payout Handicap (Str)

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 1m 37.29s

1^st

(2)

My Cloud

48-11

5/6f

T: R VarianJ: S De Sousa

Last to break, held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on well, led towards finish op 4/5

2^nd

(5)

Boyfriend

48-4

11/1

T: R HannonJ: S Hitchcott

Led, ridden over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, stayed on, headed towards finish op 16/1

3^rd

(8)

Ebt's Guard

49-3

11/1

T: W Muir & C GrassickJ: Lewis Edmunds

Chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out until inside final furlong, held after, kept on op 9/1 tchd 17/2

4^th

2 ¼

(11)

Classic

58-9

11/2

T: R HannonJ: David Probert

Held up in rear, not much room over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, not trouble leaders op 6/1

5^th

1 ¾

(10)

Epictetus

59-11

33/1

T: J A OsborneJ: William Carver

Held up in touch in mid-division, effort over 2f out ridden over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong op 40/1

6^th

(6)

English Oak

59-10

12/1

T: E WalkerJ: K Shoemark

Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, some late headway, never involved

7^th

(3)

Dutch Decoy

88-4

25/1

T: C JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Held up in touch, not much room and lost place over 2f out, no impression after op 22/1 tchd 20/1

8^th

(9)

Kingdom Come

69-8

28/1

T: C G CoxJ: Rossa Ryan

Held up towards rear, closed racing keenly over 4f out, went 2nd over 3f out until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 20/1

9^th

2 ¼

(12)

Ancient Rome

69-12

16/1

T: C HillsJ: Jason Watson

Awkward start, held up in rear, shaken up over 2f out, soon well beaten op 20/1

10^th

(4)

Kitaro Kich

58-3

22/1

T: George BakerJ: Hollie Doyle

Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no headway, well beaten over 1f out tchd 20/1

11^th

1 ¼

(1)

Crown Board

59-11

12/1

T: Jane Chapple-HyamJ: W Buick

Chased leader until over 3f out, lost place over 1f out tchd 11/1

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Non-Runners

(7)

Witch Hunter⁷

Weight: 9-12| Age: 6

T: R Hannon J: Joe Leavy

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.84Pl:£1.15, £2.50, £3.05EX:£14.80Trifecta:£77.10Tricast:£72.31SF:£11.34Swingers:£4.40, £3.40, £16.55

Forecasts

My Cloud (5/6), Classic (11/2), Boyfriend (11/1), Ebt's Guard (11/1), English Oak (12/1), Crown Board (12/1), Witch Hunter (12/1), Ancient Rome (16/1), Kitaro Kich (22/1), Dutch Decoy (25/1), Kingdom Come (28/1), Epictetus (33/1)

The very well bred MY CLOUD made a mockery of his opening mark when running out a most impressive winner on return/handicap debut at Ascot 17 days ago and a subsequent 10 lb hike in the weights may not be enough to prevent Roger Varian's upwardly mobile 4-y-o going in again. Classic ran well when third to Ebt's Guard on return in a C&D handicap recently and surely has a race in him from this mark. The returning Boyfriend is another to note.

MY CLOUD (IRE)
CLASSIC
EBT'S GUARD

Previous Winners

2024

Sonny Liston

Weight: 9-12 |Age: 5

J: Rossa Ryan | T: R M Beckett

10/1

Prize Money

1st: £38,655.002nd: £18,128.003rd: £9,068.004th: £4,530.005th: £2,265.006th: £1,132.00