14:20 Newmarket

Saturday 3 May 2025

All13:1013:4514:2014:5515:3516:0516:4017:1517:50

Betfred Suffolk Stakes (Heritage Handicap)

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 1m 49.59s

1^st

(9)

Fox Legacy

48-10

15/2

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well op 13/2

2^nd

2 ¼

(3)

Bopedro

99-2

33/1

T: D O'MearaJ: S M Levey

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner

3^rd

(5)

Arabian Light

49-12

7/2

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Held up in mid-division, headway tracking leaders 3f out, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner, lost 2nd towards finish op 9/2 tchd 10/3

4^th

1 ¼

(7)

Urban Sprawl

58-2

50/1

T: C JohnstonJ: Joanna Mason

Always prominent, ridden and lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened towards finish

5^th

(6)

Born Ruler

58-9

20/1

T: Sir Mark PrescottJ: L Morris

Held up in rear, headway far side rail over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 22/1

6^th

(13)

Silver Sword

58-13

28/1

T: Dylan CunhaJ: D Egan

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders inside final 2f, weakened final furlong op 25/1

7^th

(10)

Metallo

48-7

28/1

T: J ChannonJ: S De Sousa

Led and went to race alone towards near side, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 25/1 tchd 33/1

8^th

1 ¾

(12)

Dutch Decoy

88-5

16/1

T: C JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Raced keenly tracking leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 20/1

9^th

(1)

Hand Of God

49-8

13/8f

T: Harry CharltonJ: R L Moore

Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon outpaced, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f tchd 7/4

10^th

(8)

Sean

89-9

28/1

T: J A OsborneJ: Saffie Osborne

Held up and always towards rear op 33/1

11^th

(4)

Approval

48-12

11/2

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Towards far side, chased leaders ridden and weakened over 1f out tchd 5/1

12^th

(2)

Galeron

59-8

11/1

T: C HillsJ: Jason Watson

Held up towards rear, headway far side over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 9/1

13^th

(11)

Desperate Dan

48-2

33/1

T: P W Chapple-HyamJ: Warren Fentiman (5)

Always behind, never a factor, tailed off op 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.25Pl:£2.75, £8.45, £1.85EX:£281.10Trifecta:£1,350.80Tricast:£1,061.55SF:£241.79Swingers:£47.50, £8.80, £24.40

Forecasts

Hand Of God (13/8), Arabian Light (7/2), Approval (11/2), Fox Legacy (15/2), Galeron (11/1), Dutch Decoy (16/1), Born Ruler (20/1), Silver Sword (28/1), Metallo (28/1), Sean (28/1), Bopedro (33/1), Desperate Dan (33/1), Urban Sprawl (50/1)

Plenty of interesting ones in this valuable handicap but none more so than HAND OF GOD, a fast-improving sort who won both his starts last season and promises to go on to even better things. Fox Legacy, Approval and Arabian Light complete the shortlist.

HAND OF GOD
FOX LEGACY
APPROVAL

Previous Winners

2024

Liberty Lane

Weight: 9-7 |Age: 4

J: C Lee | T: K R Burke

9/1

Prize Money

1st: £51,540.002nd: £24,170.003rd: £12,090.004th: £6,040.005th: £3,020.006th: £1,510.00

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