15:05 Southwell
Thursday 2 October 2025
All14:0014:3015:0515:4016:1016:4017:15
Arc 1MILLION Bonus Bigger Than Ever Handicap Chase
- 4YO plus | Class 5 | 2m 4f 88y | Good | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 5m 6.7s
T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England
Chased leader until 6th, chased leaders, led 10th, over 1 length ahead last, driven and stayed on run-in always doing enough op 3/1 tchd 5/2
T: L MorganJ: B S Hughes
Jumped right at times, led until mistake and headed 7th, chased leaders, went 2nd again 4 out, switched right and ridden before the last, over 1 length down last, stayed on run-in, always held op 11/4
T: N P MulhollandJ: C O'Farrell
Mid-division inside, headway tracking leaders in 3rd 4 out, left modest 3rd 3 out, no chance with leading duo op 5/1 tchd 9/2
T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Peter Kavanagh
Tracked leaders inside, pushed along when left in modest 4th 3 out, pushed along before 2 out, challenging for 3rd but no chance with leading duo op 17/2 tchd 15/2 and tchd 10/1
T: R PotterJ: Benjamin Macey (7)
Tracked leaders, went 2nd 6th, led next until 10th, lost 2nd 4 out, weakened soon after, tailed off tchd 7/1
T: Georgie HowellJ: James Davies
Off the pace towards rear, struggling in last pair after 9th, tailed off op 125/1
T: D A ReesJ: Shane Fenelon (5)
Always in rear, never a factor, tailed off op 16/1
T: Mrs Tracey Barfoot-SauntJ: Mr Harvey Barfoot-Saunt (7)
Tracked leaders out wide, mistakes 5th and 9th, hit 4 out, weakened soon after, tailed off op 200/1
T: Tracey LeesonJ: Mr J Stevenson (7)
Always towards rear, tailed off 4 out, never a factor op 250/1
Also Ran
T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Toby Wynne
Held up in last pair, good headway out wide tracking leaders and challenging when fell 3 out op 5/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£3.75Pl:£1.40, £1.50, £1.80EX:£14.50Trifecta:£50.70Tricast:£42.07SF:£11.99Swingers:£3.10, £4.30, £3.60
Forecasts
Couldbeaweapon (11/4), Heaven Smart (3/1), Cawthorne Cracker (4/1), Atreides (11/2), Greenways (13/2), Mr Mahler (8/1), Boskill Borden (20/1), Mawlood (250/1), Across The Ocean (400/1), Jobesgreen Lad (500/1)
HEAVEN SMART showed the benefit of a wind op when going in at Perth last week and looks the way to go under a 7 lb penalty. Atreides could emerge as the main danger if, as expected, building on his Fontwell second with Cawthorne Cracker and Mr Mahler also in the picture.
- HEAVEN SMART (FR)
- ATREIDES (IRE)
- CAWTHORNE CRACKER (IRE)
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £3,248.002nd: £1,494.003rd: £747.004th: £374.005th: £186.00
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