18:10 Royal Ascot

Thursday 19 June 2025

All14:3015:0515:4016:2017:0017:3518:10

Buckingham Palace Stakes (Handicap)

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 1m 23.9s

1^st

(28)

Never So Brave

49-12

4/1f

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Raced stands side, mid-division, going well when not much room over 2f out, gap opened on rail and closed over 1f out, led entering final furlong, soon clear, easily tchd 9/2

2^nd

2 ¼

(29)

Akkadian Thunder

59-2

7/1

T: D O'MearaJ: W J Lee

Raced stands side, rear of mid-division, not much room over 2f out, headway when not much room over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on, no impression on winner op 9/1

3^rd

2 ¼

(32)

Holguin

59-7

16/1

T: H Al JehaniJ: W Buick

Raced stands side, mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went 3rd well inside final furlong, kept on

4^th

1 ¼

(30)

Myal

49-7

18/1

T: Steph HollinsheadJ: Rossa Ryan

Raced stands side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, switched right inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish, kept on tchd 14/1

5^th

(25)

Divine Libra

59-1

14/1

T: C HillsJ: James McDonald

Raced stands side, prominent, led 3f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra final 75 yards op 18/1

6^th

(31)

Yorkshire

59-5

33/1

T: E BethellJ: Callum Rodriguez

Raced stands side, in touch in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, kept on op 28/1

7^th

(18)

Northern Express

79-8

28/1

T: M DodsJ: P Mulrennan

Raced stands side, prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra final 100 yards

8^th

(23)

Apiarist

49-5

25/1

T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves

Raced stands side, towards rear, switched left and headway over 1f out, not trouble leaders, kept on op 22/1 tchd 28/1

9^th

(2)

Run Boy Run

49-2

33/1

T: R SpencerJ: George Wood

Led far side group, ridden over 1f out, no chance with stands side inside final 100 yards tchd 28/1

10^th

(9)

Gleneagle Bay

59-2

7/1

T: Stephen ThorneJ: D Egan

Raced stands side, mid-division on outside of group, effort over 1f out, no impression on leaders tchd 8/1

11^th

(12)

Fifty Nifty

49-2

25/1

T: Tom CloverJ: J P Spencer

Slowly into stride, raced stands side, in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, never on terms with leaders

12^th

1 ¼

(4)

Cerulean Bay

49-3

66/1

T: D O'MearaJ: David Probert

Raced far side, chased leader, no chance with stands side and weakened final furlong tchd 80/1

13^th

(15)

Mirsky

69-2

22/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Tom Marquand

Raced stands side, soon led, headed 3f out, weakened inside final furlong

14^th

(24)

Two Tempting

69-8

66/1

T: J G PortmanJ: Rob Hornby

Raced stands side, in touch in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 50/1

15^th

(8)

Witch Hunter

69-10

14/1

T: R HannonJ: S M Levey

Raced stands side, in rear, edged right 2f out, some late headway, no impression op 22/1

16^th

nse

(3)

Billyjoh

59-1

28/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Frederick Larson

Raced far side, held up, effort over 1f out, no chance with stands side group final furlong

17^th

(6)

Jayyash

49-7

100/1

T: H Al JehaniJ: M Barzalona

Raced stands side, towards rear, switched right and closed over 2f out, no impression, weakened inside final furlong

18^th

(26)

Oliver Show

59-6

12/1

T: G BougheyJ: Billy Loughnane

Very slowly away, raced stands side, in rear, never dangerous op 10/1

19^th

(21)

Spangled Mac

69-2

80/1

T: G BougheyJ: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Raced stands side, towards rear, not clear run and switched right over 1f out, no impression

20^th

(14)

Tarkhan

69-12

125/1

T: J A OsborneJ: Saffie Osborne

Raced stands side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out op 100/1

21^st

1 ¼

(16)

Thunder Ball

59-4

80/1

T: Brian ToomeyJ: J M Sheridan

Raced stands side, in rear, ridden over 2f out, never involved tchd 66/1

22^nd

(22)

Roi De France

49-12

9/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: R L Moore

Raced stands side, mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, soon not much room, no impression op 17/2 tchd 8/1

23^rd

2 ½

(5)

Ramazan

59-3

25/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Warren Fentiman (5)

Raced alone in centre, not far off the pace, weakened from over 1f out tchd 28/1

24^th

(11)

Aafoor

49-12

80/1

T: Mohammed Khalifa AlJ: Szczepan Mazur

Raced stand side, in touch in mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out op 100/1 tchd 125/1

25^th

2 ¼

(27)

English Oak

59-7

5/1

T: E WalkerJ: James Doyle

Raced stands side, in touch, not quicken when short of room well over 1f out, soon eased tchd 11/2

26^th

(1)

No Retreat

49-4

28/1

T: George ScottJ: Callum Shepherd

Raced stands side, always towards rear, well beaten from 2f out, eased op 20/1 tchd 33/1

27^th

(13)

Inside Matters

49-5

25/1

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Raced stands side, in touch, lost place over 2f out, soon eased, tailed off op 20/1 tchd 28/1

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Non-Runners

(17)

Watch My Tracer¹³⁹

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: George Scott J: Daniel Muscutt

(19)

Array⁴⁰

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: A M Balding J: Colin Keane

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£1.75, £2.85, £3.85, £5.50EX:£52.90Trifecta:£810.10Tricast:£353.18SF:£30.79Swingers:£11.70, £21.50, £36.15

Forecasts

Never So Brave (4/1), English Oak (5/1), Akkadian Thunder (7/1), Gleneagle Bay (7/1), Roi De France (9/1), Oliver Show (12/1), Divine Libra (14/1), Witch Hunter (14/1), Holguin (16/1), Array (16/1), Myal (18/1), Mirsky (22/1), Apiarist (25/1), Fifty Nifty (25/1), Ramazan (25/1), Inside Matters (25/1), Northern Express (28/1), Billyjoh (28/1), No Retreat (28/1), Yorkshire (33/1), Run Boy Run (33/1), Cerulean Bay (66/1), Two Tempting (66/1), Watch My Tracer (66/1), Spangled Mac (80/1), Thunder Ball (80/1), Aafoor (80/1), Jayyash (100/1), Tarkhan (125/1)

Hard to whittle the shortlist down but NEVER SO BRAVE is a low-mileage 4-y-o who should probably have made a winning start for Andrew Balding at Chester 3 weeks ago. There's definitely a bigger performance in him so he gets the nod in favour of Ramazan, who hasn't been seen to best effect this season and has been given a major chance by the assessor. Last year's decisive winner English Oak is clearly dangerous, with Gleneagle Bay also of firm interest.