17:15 Ascot

Friday 5 September 2025

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Sodexo Live! Handicap

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 1m 29.68s

1^st

(13)

Forty Years On

39-6

7/2

T: George ScottJ: Callum Shepherd

Held up towards rear near side of group, looking for room 2f out, headway switched sharply right and barged way through over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish op 4/1 tchd 10/3

2^nd

(5)

Dannick

38-12

8/1

T: G & J MooreJ: D Egan

Off the pace towards rear, headway between horses and hung right inside final 2f, kept on inside final furlong into 2nd towards finish op 9/1

3^rd

(9)

Law Of Design

39-3

12/1

T: B J MeehanJ: Billy Loughnane

Tracked leaders, led inside final 2f, clear inside final furlong, headed and lost 2nd towards finish op 11/1 tchd 10/1

4^th

5 ½

(3)

Cavolo Nero

39-11

8/1

T: J FergusonJ: Hollie Doyle

Mid-division near side of group, headway tracking leaders over 2f out, hung right and ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 15/2

5^th

nse

(7)

Beltadaay

38-10

40/1

T: James HortonJ: Ray Dawson

Led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, chased leaders, ridden and weakened inside final furlong tchd 50/1

6^th

1 ¾

(12)

Tactical Plan

39-0

11/2

T: E A L DunlopJ: Jim Crowley

Raced keenly in mid-division, headway tracking leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, slightly hampered and weakened soon after op 5/1

7^th

1 ¼

(1)

Calyxoh

39-8

14/1

T: Charlie CloverJ: Saffie Osborne

Tracked leaders, went 2nd 5f out, pushed along with high head carriage 2f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened final furlong op 12/1

8^th

nse

(2)

Sea Suite

38-8

17/2

T: James OwenJ: Rowan Scott

Held up towards rear, headway out wide 2f out, no impression when hung right and weakened soon after op 8/1 tchd 15/2

9^th

1 ¼

(10)

Token Gesture

38-6

66/1

T: M D I UsherJ: Tyler Heard

Raced keenly tracked leader 2f, chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened and lost place quickly over 2f out op 50/1

10^th

(4)

Good Banter

39-5

25/1

T: J CandlishJ: Lewis Edmunds

Steadied start, raced keenly and always towards rear, eased when no chance final furlong op 33/1

Also Ran

(14)

Nordic Norm

39-4

40/1

T: K R BurkeJ: S H James

Raced alone against near side rail initially, keen tracking leaders, angled out over 2f out, badly hampered and lost place over 1f out, brought down by faller soon after tchd 50/1

(11)

Excellent Echo

38-10

5/2f

T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: Oisin Murphy

Raced keenly, steadied start, held up towards rear, headway out wide looking for room inside final 2f, squeezed through between horses clipped heels and fell over 1f out tchd 9/4

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Non-Runners

(8)

Brize Norton⁸³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: R M Beckett J: Rossa Ryan

(15)

Mayday Malone³⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: M L W Bell J: Non Runner

(6)

Happy Banner²⁹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: E Walker J: Tom Marquand

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.80, £2.60, £4.00EX:£34.60Trifecta:£379.90Tricast:£318.06SF:£32.49Swingers:£7.60, £10.50, £6.80

Forecasts

Excellent Echo (5/2), Forty Years On (7/2), Mayday Malone (4/1), Tactical Plan (11/2), Dannick (8/1), Cavolo Nero (8/1), Sea Suite (17/2), Law Of Design (12/1), Brize Norton (12/1), Calyxoh (14/1), Happy Banner (16/1), Good Banter (25/1), Beltadaay (40/1), Nordic Norm (40/1), Token Gesture (66/1)

The pick of several appealing candidates is TACTICAL PLAN, who gave the leading pair too much rope when an eye-catching fourth at Haydock last time and, provided the ground remains on the slow side, he should go close here with Jim Crowley back in the hot-seat (he's 2-3 when partnered by Crowley). Sea Suite is greatly respected on the back of his solid Sandown effort, while the unexposed Forty Years On and hat-trick seeking Excellent Echo are others to consider.

TACTICAL PLAN
SEA SUITE (IRE)
FORTY YEARS ON (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Granger Bay

Weight: 9-1 |Age: 3

J: Billy Loughnane | T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

9/4

Prize Money

1st: £8,715.002nd: £4,089.003rd: £2,043.004th: £1,022.005th: £509.00