15:58 Newmarket

Saturday 1 August 2026

All13:3314:1314:4815:2315:5816:3317:10

Racing Welfare Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   1m 4f  |   Good to Firm  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:58  |   Winning time: 2m 29.01s
1st
Horse silk
4
(8)
Arqoob
89-7
10/1
T: L WadhamJ: J Mitchell
Wore earplugs in preliminaries, held up in rear, taken towards centre to make headway from over 2f out, led over 1f out, drifted left inside final furlong, ran on, just held on op 11/1 tchd 14/1
2nd
Horse silk
½
3
(3)
Sixpack
69-9
13/2
T: James OwenJ: Billy Loughnane
Wore hood to start, midfield, headway and briefly led 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final 110yds op 7/2 tchd 10/3
3rd
Horse silk
hd
1
(7)
Haku
79-9
125/1
T: D M LoughnaneJ: Charles Bishop
Towards rear, pressed leaders over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 66/1 tchd 50/1
4th
Horse silk
hd
8
(6)
First Officer
78-12
9/2
T: Jane Chapple-HyamJ: Alexandra Egan (7)
Midfield, repeatedly denied clear run from 2f out, rapid headway when in clear inside final furlong, kept on, not reach leaders final strides tchd 4/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ½
6
(1)
Divine Knight
59-4
5/4f
T: W J HaggasJ: Cieren Fallon
Taken down early, prominent, chased leaders inside final furlong, weakened approaching final 110yds op 6/4
6th
Horse silk
¾
2
(4)
Way Of Life
89-9
11/2
T: J G PortmanJ: Olivia Tubb (5)
Soon led, pushed along over 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened entering final furlong op 10/1 tchd 11/1
7th
Horse silk
5 ½
7
(2)
Almekarem
48-13
17/2
T: Sir Mark PrescottJ: Rhys Clutterbuck
Wore hood to start, midfield, raced keenly, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out tchd 8/1 and tchd 9/1
8th
Horse silk
4 ¾
5
(5)
Greek Order
69-6
33/1
T: M L W BellJ: Pierre-Louis Jamin
Prominent, pushed along over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out op 18/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.80Pl:£2.50, £1.70, £9.70EX:£72.30Trifecta:£1,098.70Tricast:£7,437.89SF:£72.96Swingers:£8.90, £9.70, £17.60

Forecasts

Divine Knight (5/4), First Officer (9/2), Way Of Life (11/2), Sixpack (13/2), Almekarem (17/2), Arqoob (10/1), Greek Order (33/1), Haku (125/1)

Verdict

DIVINE KNIGHT appeals as one who'll be winning for his top stable soon and is preferred to First Officer, who ran a cracker up against a 3-y-o here last time.

  1. DIVINE KNIGHT (IRE)
  2. FIRST OFFICER (IRE)
  3. ARQOOB (IRE)

Previous Winners

2025
Beylerbeyi
Weight: 9-2  |Age: 5
J: Billy Loughnane  |  T: Ian Williams
9/4

Prize Money

1st: £10,308.002nd: £4,834.003rd: £2,418.004th: £1,208.005th: £604.006th: £302.00

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