16:28 Epsom Downs
Monday 25 August 2025
All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:2817:03
Betfred Play Fred's 5 Million Handicap
- 3YO plus | Class 5 | 1m 113y | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 6 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:29 | Winning time: 1m 45.9s
T: S C WilliamsJ: Rossa Ryan
Prominent, travelling well when went second 3f out, narrowly led 2f out, faced sustained challenge when ridden final furlong, ran on well, won going away op 4/1 tchd 7/2
T: R VarianJ: Ray Dawson
Led, edged toward near side home straight, ridden when narrowly headed 2f out, rallied and pressed winner final furlong, kept on but always held final strides op 9/2
T: J R BoyleJ: Donagh Murphy (7)
Towards rear, came near side home straight, headway to go third 2f out, ran on but no impression on leading pair final furlong op 10/1
T: H MainJ: Hollie Doyle
Close up in second, ridden 3f out, outpaced 2f out, soon weakened op 3/1 tchd 2/1
T: George BakerJ: N Callan
Held up in rear, struggling from 3f out, weakened over 1f out tchd 22/1
T: S & E CrisfordJ: Oisin Murphy
Held up towards rear, outpaced and struggling from 2f out, soon tailed off (trainer representative said gelding was unsuited by the undulations of the track, gelding was examined by vet during routine testing, vet had nothing to report) op 2/1 tchd 15/8
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£2.50, £2.30EX:£25.40Trifecta:£128.50SF:£23.45Swingers:£2.00, £6.20, £4.00
Forecasts
Eazy On The Eye (85/40), Hachiman (5/2), Due West (10/3), Jiff's Army (11/2), Play Me (11/1), Kitaro Kich (25/1)
HACHIMAN overcame a pace bias when scoring at Lingfield three weeks ago and looks open to further improvement on handicap debut. He's marginally preferred to Play Me, who won readily over C&D 10 days ago, and Due West, who is in the right hands to go forward.
- HACHIMAN
- PLAY ME
- DUE WEST (FR)
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £4,449.002nd: £2,088.003rd: £1,043.004th: £522.005th: £260.00
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