19:45 Newmarket

Friday 27 June 2025

All17:4018:1018:4019:1519:4520:2020:55

Close Brothers Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 5  |   1m  |   Good to Firm  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 19:46  |   Winning time: 1m 39.61s
1st
Horse silk
3
(5)
Saxonia
39-7
6/5f
T: C JohnstonJ: J Mitchell
Handy, pushed along and led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, always doing enough op 6/4
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¾
6
(8)
Mini Mac
39-3
9/2
T: Mrs C A DunnettJ: Benoit D L Sayette
Rear mid-division, closer over 3f out, pushed along disputing 3rd 2f out, ridden and tried to press leader approaching final furlong, ran on but always held tchd 4/1
3rd
Horse silk
2
5
(3)
Earthwatch
39-6
11/1
T: W J HaggasJ: Cieren Fallon
Tracked front pair, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on, no impression op 13/2
4th
Horse silk
5 ½
8
(7)
Bullington Bry
38-10
16/1
T: Jane Chapple-HyamJ: D Egan
Mid-division, ridden 2f out, stayed on until weakened 1f out op 25/1 and tchd 28/1
5th
Horse silk
1
2
(1)
Classic Speed
510-1
33/1
T: Brian ToomeyJ: K Shoemark
Led, pushed along and headed 2f out, dropped away over 1f out op 18/1
6th
Horse silk
5 ½
4
(6)
I Can Imagine
39-7
15/2
T: Jack JonesJ: Rossa Ryan
Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, well beaten 1f out op 9/1 and tchd 12/1
7th
Horse silk
¾
1
(4)
Zariela
410-2
22/1
T: S WoodsJ: Ben Sanderson
Towards rear, pushed along 2f out, no progress op 16/1
8th
Horse silk
8
7
(2)
Queen Of Good News
38-13
9/2
T: P OwensJ: Hollie Doyle
Dwelt, never going pace in rear, eased over 1f out op 4/1 tchd 10/3
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.20Pl:£1.20, £1.50, £2.30EX:£6.50Trifecta:£41.60Tricast:£39.73SF:£6.84Swingers:£1.90, £2.90, £6.40

Forecasts

Saxonia (6/5), Mini Mac (9/2), Queen Of Good News (9/2), I Can Imagine (15/2), Earthwatch (11/1), Bullington Bry (16/1), Zariela (22/1), Classic Speed (33/1)

Verdict

QUEEN OF GOOD NEWS might have found the ground too soft at Lingfield last time and her Doncaster third prior to that in a race which has worked out well suggests she can win off this mark. Last Friday's C&D 2-4 Saxonia and Mini Mac can give her most to think about.

  1. QUEEN OF GOOD NEWS
  2. SAXONIA
  3. MINI MAC (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024
Lunario
Weight: 10-2  |Age: 4
J: D Egan  |  T: Alice Haynes
3/1

Prize Money

1st: £5,154.002nd: £2,417.003rd: £1,209.004th: £604.005th: £302.006th: £151.00

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