18:53 Sandown

Friday 25 July 2025

All17:4518:1818:5319:2820:0320:38

Close Brothers Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 18:55 | Winning time: 3m 6.43s

1^st

(7)

Macari

59-7

9/1

T: Miss S WestJ: Rose Dawes (5)

Tracked leader 1f, remained handy, headway out wide ridden to lead and hung right over 1f out, soon hung back left, straightened and stayed on inside final furlong op 7/1

2^nd

(9)

Cock And Bull

49-6

4/1

T: M L W BellJ: K Shoemark

Held up in last pair, headway out wide 2f out, went 2nd and staying on when carried left and hampered over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, always held tchd 9/2

3^rd

1 ¼

(6)

Moel Arthur

78-13

16/1

T: B R JohnsonJ: N Callan

Held up in last trio, headway on inside 3f out, chasing leaders when not clear run over 2f out, angled out soon after, ridden and hung left over 1f out, carried left and kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge op 18/1 and tchd 20/1

4^th

1 ¼

(8)

Calvert

49-6

3/1

T: R A TealJ: Jim Crowley

Led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 10/3 tchd 11/4

5^th

4 ¼

(3)

Al Khawaneej River

48-9

5/2f

T: M P TregoningJ: Saffie Osborne

Held up in mid-division, closer 10f out, went 3rd halfway, pushed along and angled out turning in, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 9/4

6^th

2 ½

(1)

No More Bolero

69-7

80/1

T: James OwenJ: Laura Pearson

Slowly into stride and pushed along early, always behind op 66/1

7^th

(5)

Curran

49-1

5/1

T: C JohnstonJ: Rob Hornby

Tracked leader after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out op 13/2

8^th

(2)

Red Flyer

79-3

12/1

T: K JewellJ: D Egan

Tracked leaders out wide, lost position halfway, towards rear, ridden 3f out, weakened soon after op 10/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Percy Shelley¹³

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: James Owen J: Mason Paetel

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.20Pl:£2.50, £1.60, £3.30EX:£53.60Trifecta:£347.10Tricast:£572.44SF:£45.14Swingers:£6.60, £12.90, £9.50

Forecasts

Al Khawaneej River (5/2), Percy Shelley (11/4), Calvert (3/1), Cock And Bull (4/1), Curran (5/1), Macari (9/1), Red Flyer (12/1), Moel Arthur (16/1), No More Bolero (80/1)

AL KHAWANEEJ RIVER matched his reappearance form when second at Goodwood 6 weeks ago and remains of interest, particularly as he's still unexposed at the trip. Percy Shelley is yet to win in Britain but is knocking firmly on the door, with Curran also of interest having got back on track at Haydock last week.

AL KHAWANEEJ RIVER (FR)
PERCY SHELLEY
CURRAN (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Mr Freedom

Weight: 9-9 |Age: 5

J: T E Whelan | T: Miss S West

7/2

Prize Money

1st: £6,019.002nd: £2,824.003rd: £1,411.004th: £706.005th: £352.00