15:30 Epsom Downs
Sunday 28 September 2025
All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15
Geoff Lewis Apprentices' Derby Handicap (GBBPlus Race)
- 3YO plus | Class 4 | 1m 4f 6y | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 9 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:32 | Winning time: 2m 41.1s
T: G & J MooreJ: Ashley Lewis (5)
Tracked leaders inside, angled out and went 2nd over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well op 8/13
T: A KingJ: Luke Catton
Tracked leaders, pushed along far side of group in 3rd over 2f out, ridden 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, well held and no chance with winner op 16/1
T: R HannonJ: George Bass
Soon tracking leader, le dover 9f out, led field centre in straight, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace and lost 2nd inside final furlong op 14/1 tchd 12/1
T: P PhelanJ: Harry Burns
Slowly into stride and reluctant in rear early, closer out wide 3f out, disputing well held 4th hanging left 2f out, went outright 4th close home, no chance with leading trio tchd 9/1
T: J G PortmanJ: Olivia Tubb (5)
Held up in mid-division, headway tracking leaders 8f out, pushed along out wide over 2f out, disputing well held 4th 2f out, no chance with leading trio, dropped to 5th close home op 10/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: Alfie Redman (7)
Held up off the pace towards rear, headway out wide disputing modest 4th 2f out, weakened final furlong op 8/1
T: A W CarrollJ: Matthew Slater (7)
Slowly into stride, always towards rear op 20/1 tchd 22/1
T: L A DaceJ: Jack Dace (3)
Raced keenly tracking leaders out wide, went 2nd 8f out until pushed along over 3f out, weakened quickly inside final 3f, tailed off and eased final furlong op 14/1 tchd 11/1
T: M J AttwaterJ: Christian Howarth
Led until over 9f out, lost 2nd 8f out, chased leaders, pushed along and weakened halfway, soon lost touch, tailed off and eased in home straight op 80/1
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Team Player24
Weight: 9-2| Age: 3
T: G Tutty J: Tommie Jakes
NR
Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£1.73Pl:£1.10, £3.20, £3.60EX:£15.80Trifecta:£117.80Tricast:£101.17SF:£13.69Swingers:£4.70, £4.40, £20.80
Forecasts
Give It To Me Oj (8/11), Team Player (9/2), Dream Harder (11/2), Way Of Life (9/1), Naasma (11/1), Youthful King (12/1), Midnight Rumble (14/1), Odin Legacy (16/1), Brodie's Boy (18/1), Olympia (150/1)
Lots with chances but GIVE IT TO ME OJ had something left in the tank when going in over C&D recently so can defy a 7 lb rise in the weights at the chief expense of hat-trick seeking Naasma. Both Team Player and Way of Life also enter calculations with Odin Legacy completing the shortist.
- GIVE IT TO ME OJ
- NAASMA (IRE)
- TEAM PLAYER
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £6,281.002nd: £2,947.003rd: £1,472.004th: £737.005th: £367.00
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