16:12 Wetherby

Thursday 4 June 2026

All14:1214:4215:1215:4216:1216:4217:1517:50

Malvern Castle And Compass Hospitality Handicap

Off time: 16:12 | Winning time: 2m 6.47s

1^st

(7)

Ciao Capo

39-7

11/10f

T: R A FaheyJ: O J Orr

Held up in rear, briefly nudged along 4f out, made good headway over 2f out, soon hung left, ridden to lead over 1f out, drifted left inside final furlong, kept on well op 6/5

2^nd

(2)

Stepanov

39-7

5/2

T: E BethellJ: Callum Rodriguez

Wore hood to post, led, shaken up 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, no match for winner op 2/1 tchd 11/4

3^rd

1 ½

(6)

Haltonwood

39-4

16/1

T: I FurtadoJ: Jonny Peate

In touch, waiting for room over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, drifted right inside final furlong, kept on same pace tchd 14/1

4^th

2 ¼

(4)

Dalamara

39-2

9/2

T: B HaslamJ: A Mullen

Midfield, shaken up over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, briefly squeezed out over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong op 13/2 tchd 4/1

5^th

(1)

Rogue Desire

39-7

22/1

T: Jack MorlandJ: D Egan

Wore hood to post, tracked leaders on inner, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out tchd 25/1

6^th

(3)

Sovereign Bright

39-6

14/1

T: C JohnstonJ: Cieren Fallon

Took keen hold, close up, ridden along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 16/1 tchd 12/1

7^th

(5)

Skirt Around

39-6

18/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Oisin Murphy

Towards rear, ridden along over 3f out, lost touch over 2f out

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Non-Runners

(9)

India Gold²⁰

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: Miss Gay Kelleway J: Shane Gray

(8)

Riddikulus²⁷

Weight: 8-6| Age: 3

T: Grant Tuer J: Cam Hardie

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.30, £1.80EX:£5.40Trifecta:£34.60Tricast:£25.58SF:£4.18Swingers:£1.60, £5.00, £4.90

Forecasts

Ciao Capo (11/10), Stepanov (5/2), Dalamara (9/2), Sovereign Bright (14/1), Haltonwood (16/1), India Gold (16/1), Riddikulus (16/1), Skirt Around (18/1), Rogue Desire (22/1)

CIAO CAPO remains unexposed over this sort of trip and can follow up his Beverley success. Stepanov is in good hands to progress and could feature prominently on just his second start in a handicap, while Skirt Around looks interesting with Oisin Murphy taking over.

CIAO CAPO (IRE)
STEPANOV (IRE)
SKIRT AROUND (USA)

Previous Winners

2025

Betty Bassett

Weight: 9-6 |Age: 3

J: P Mulrennan | T: Ian Williams

7/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,926.002nd: £1,842.003rd: £920.004th: £460.005th: £230.00