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20:05 Sandown
Thursday 29 May 2025
All18:0518:3519:0519:3520:0520:40
Star Sports Heron Stakes (Listed)
- 3YO only | Class 1 | 1m | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 20:08 | Winning time: 1m 42.45s
T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick
Raced keenly on outer early, settled behind leaders, closed 2f out, pushed along and led well over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well inside last, readily op 11/10
T: George ScottJ: Callum Shepherd
Bumped start, mid-division, effort and headway over 2f out, went 3rd approaching final furlong, ran on but no match for winner op 5/1 tchd 11/2
T: R VarianJ: Oisin Murphy
Towards rear, closed up well over 2f out and soon waiting for gap, switched left and pushed along over 1f out, kept on into 3rd towards finish op 15/2 tchd 5/1
T: James OwenJ: S De Sousa
In rear, switched to outer and pushed along for headway approaching 2f out, soon pressed leader, no impression and lost 2 places final 110 yards op 14/1 tchd 9/1
T: R M BeckettJ: Hector Crouch
Led, pushed along under 2f out, soon headed, weakened over 1f out op 5/1 tchd 9/2
T: J & T GosdenJ: Hollie Doyle
Handy, pushed along 2f out, soon dropped away op 7/1
T: Mohammed Khalifa AlJ: Szczepan Mazur
Shifted right start, prominent on outer, weakened quickly 2f out op 200/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£2.25Pl:£1.30, £2.40EX:£7.90Trifecta:£26.50SF:£7.12Swingers:£2.20, £1.80, £3.50
Forecasts
Opera Ballo (5/4), Bay City Roller (9/2), Jackknife (9/2), Matauri Bay (13/2), Nebras (8/1), Pellitory (12/1), Suhail Star (125/1)
The hood goes on OPERA BALLO now and he's worth a chance to bounce back from a slightly disappointing run in the Craven given how impressive he'd been in a useful race on AW prior to that. The returning Bay City Roller has to shoulder a 5 lb penalty for his Champagne win but might still provide the chief threat. Matauri Bay should also get involved if he can bounce back to last year's Solario form.
- OPERA BALLO (IRE)
- BAY CITY ROLLER (IRE)
- MATAURI BAY (IRE)
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £25,520.002nd: £9,675.003rd: £4,842.004th: £2,412.005th: £1,210.006th: £608.00
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