13:13 Haydock

Saturday 31 May 2025

All13:1313:4814:2314:5815:3316:0816:43

Betfred 'Play Fred's 5 Million' Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 2m 31.05s

1^st

(14)

Stressfree

59-4

11/2

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Held up in last pair, ridden and good headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led towards finish tchd 6/1

2^nd

(10)

Kildare Legend

48-12

9/1

T: J FergusonJ: Shane Foley

Led, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner towards finish tchd 11/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(4)

Shader

49-6

11/4f

T: J & T GosdenJ: W Buick

Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, closer out wide over 2f out, ridden to challenge and hung left from over 1f out, kept on into 3rd final strides, not pace to challenge op 9/4

4^th

(1)

Lieber Power

58-10

13/2

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up towards rear, headway on inside 3f out, chasing leaders and hung left from over 2f out, went 3rd 2f out, ridden disputing 2nd inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, lost 3rd final strides op 8/1

5^th

1 ½

(3)

Naqeeb

59-10

16/1

T: Miss J A CamachoJ: Ryan Sexton

Mid-division, smooth headway over 2f out, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, weakened final 110 yards op 14/1

6^th

1 ¾

(12)

Faylaq

99-3

16/1

T: J S GoldieJ: P Mulrennan

Close 3rd, went 2nd 5f out, ridden over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened soon after op 14/1

7^th

1 ¼

(5)

Galyx

48-8

17/2

T: J ChannonJ: George Bass

Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 12/1

8^th

(16)

Imperial Sovereign

49-3

100/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Cam Hardie

Held up towards rear, not clear run and switched left to inside over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out op 66/1

9^th

(7)

Mustazeed

78-13

40/1

T: Harry EustaceJ: C Lee

Started slowly, in rear, never threatened tchd 33/1

10^th

(13)

Prydwen

710-0

33/1

T: George ScottJ: Liam Wright (5)

Held up towards rear, some headway on inside over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 40/1

11^th

(15)

Steel Tiger

48-10

9/1

T: S & E CrisfordJ: Harry Davies

Mid-division out wide, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f op 17/2 tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1

12^th

2 ¼

(2)

Albany

59-0

6/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Rossa Ryan

Off the pace and always towards rear op 8/1 tchd 11/2

13^th

(6)

King's Code

59-2

28/1

T: P D EvansJ: Jim Crowley

Tracked leaders, pushed along out wide over 2f out, soon weakened quickly op 50/1

14^th

(9)

Fox Journey

58-13

28/1

T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves

Raced on inside, traced leader for 7f, chased leaders, hung left and weakened 2f out op 12/1

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Non-Runners

(11)

Postileo³⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 8

T: A D Brown J: Connor Beasley

(8)

Chillingham⁴²

Weight: 8-13| Age: 6

T: E Bethell J: Callum Rodriguez

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.00Pl:£2.20, £3.20, £1.70EX:£66.40Trifecta:£345.50Tricast:£170.36SF:£54.53Swingers:£12.40, £4.40, £9.30

Forecasts

Shader (11/4), Stressfree (11/2), Albany (6/1), Lieber Power (13/2), Galyx (17/2), Kildare Legend (9/1), Steel Tiger (9/1), Naqeeb (16/1), Faylaq (16/1), Chillingham (16/1), King's Code (28/1), Fox Journey (28/1), Prydwen (33/1), Mustazeed (40/1), Postileo (50/1), Imperial Sovereign (100/1)

This is wide open but it could pay to side with the Gosdens' lightly-raced 4-y-o SHADER who looked a very good prospect when bagging a pair of AW novices last September and is open to plenty of progress on his first go in handicap company. The progressive Steel Tiger heads the list of dangers, although Fox Journey starts out for Kevin Ryan on a handy-looking mark and must enter calculations, while Naqeeb, Stressfree and Lieber Power all need factoring into this cracking handicap too.

SHADER
STEEL TIGER (IRE)
FOX JOURNEY

Previous Winners

2024

Iron Lion

Weight: 8-9 |Age: 4

J: J P Spencer | T: D O'Meara

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £23,193.002nd: £10,876.003rd: £5,440.004th: £2,718.005th: £1,359.006th: £680.00