15:00 Goodwood

Wednesday 24 September 2025

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:20

Heineken Handicap

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |   12 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:01  |   Winning time: 1m 39.15s
1st
Horse silk
5
(7)
Cerulean Bay
49-5
4/1c
T: D O'MearaJ: Rossa Ryan
Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on well op 5/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¼
7
(11)
Alpha Crucis
59-3
4/1c
T: G & J MooreJ: Jason Watson
Held up towards rear, good headway out wide 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner op 7/2
3rd
Horse silk
1 ¼
8
(4)
Epictetus
59-1
16/1
T: J A OsborneJ: Billy Loughnane
Tracked leader, led inside final 2f, ridden and headed over 1fout, no impression when lost 2nd inside final furlong, plugged on in 3rd op 12/1
4th
Horse silk
¾
6
(5)
Galeron
59-4
8/1
T: C HillsJ: Colin Keane
Held up off the pace in last trio, headway out wide over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders op 17/2 tchd 9/1
5th
Horse silk
3 ½
4
(1)
Two Tempting
69-7
11/1
T: J G PortmanJ: Rob Hornby
Led and brought inside in home straight, pushed along over 2f out, headed inside final 2f, soon ridden and lost 2nd, weakened over 1f out op 12/1 tchd 14/1
6th
Horse silk
1 ½
2
(12)
Rhoscolyn
79-9
4/1c
T: D O'MearaJ: Oisin Murphy
Raced wide in mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden weakened tchd 9/2
7th
Horse silk
¾
9
(6)
Ata Rangi
48-11
15/2
T: E WalkerJ: K Shoemark
Mid-division inside, headway tracking leaders 5f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 6/1
8th
Horse silk
½
11
(3)
Arkhalia Flynn
48-7
11/1
T: J ChannonJ: George Bass
Dwelt, off the pace in last pair, never on terms tchd 12/1
9th
Horse silk
½
12
(8)
Atlantic Gamble
48-5
14/1
T: W J KnightJ: Hollie Doyle
Tracked leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, ridden hung right and carried head high over 1f out, weakened soon after op 18/1 tchd 12/1
10th
Horse silk
nse
3
(9)
Flight Leader
59-8
66/1
T: J A OsborneJ: William Carver
Steadied and switched right start, held up in rear, never involved op 33/1
11th
Horse silk
2 ½
1
(10)
Aablan
49-9
12/1
T: S & E CrisfordJ: James Doyle
Raced on inside and always towards rear op 22/1
12th
Horse silk
1
10
(2)
Whitcombe Rockstar
68-10
22/1
T: Kieran BurkeJ: Josephine Gordon
Always towards rear op 25/1 tchd 28/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£2.00, £2.00, £5.10EX:£26.40Trifecta:£400.30Tricast:£246.75SF:£19.69Swingers:£5.60, £11.50, £16.70

Forecasts

Cerulean Bay (4/1), Alpha Crucis (4/1), Rhoscolyn (4/1), Ata Rangi (15/2), Galeron (8/1), Two Tempting (11/1), Arkhalia Flynn (11/1), Aablan (12/1), Atlantic Gamble (14/1), Epictetus (16/1), Whitcombe Rockstar (22/1), Flight Leader (66/1)

Verdict

This is wide open but Golden Mile victor RHOSCOLYN is always to be feared here and with Oisin Murphy back in the saddle he is taken to complete a hat-trick in this contest. Alpha Crucis also has winning form over C&D and heads the list of dangers, while Arkhalia Flynn, Ata Rangi and Cerulean Bay all need factoring in too. Whitcombe Rockstar completes the shortlist.

  1. RHOSCOLYN
  2. ALPHA CRUCIS (IRE)
  3. ARKHALIA FLYNN

Previous Winners

2024
Rhoscolyn
Weight: 9-9  |Age: 6
J: D Tudhope  |  T: D O'Meara
3/1

Prize Money

1st: £13,085.002nd: £6,140.003rd: £3,068.004th: £1,535.005th: £765.00

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