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Friday 24 October 2025

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Bar One Racing Mercury Stakes (Group 3)

Off time: 19:15 | Winning time: 58.57s

1^st

(13)

Spartan Arrow

510-0

6/1

T: A WatsonJ: Hollie Doyle

Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along early straight, ridden and led over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong op 7/1

2^nd

(5)

West Acre

310-3

5/2f

T: George ScottJ: Seamie Heffernan

Mid-division, pushed along and some headway under 2f out, 4th and ridden over 1f out, 2nd and kept on well inside final 100 yards op 11/4 tchd 9/4 and tchd 16/5

3^rd

(15)

Queen Of Mougins

49-11

20/1

T: A MurrayJ: Chris Hayes

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along 2f out and ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong op 12/1

4^th

(12)

Eclairage

39-11

16/1

T: Daniel MurphyJ: James Ryan

Led, pushed along and headed over 1f out, ridden and no impression inside final furlong, no extra op 20/1 tchd 22/1

5^th

1 ¼

(1)

Powerful Nation

310-0

9/2

T: A SlatteryJ: Andrew Slattery

Towards rear, pushed along and some headway under 2f out, 8th and ridden 1f out, kept on inside final furlong op 5/1

6^th

(8)

The Highway Rat

710-0

12/1

T: A OliverJ: Gary Carroll

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along early straight, ridden and no impression in 5th over 1f out, kept on one pace op 10/1

7^th

(10)

Grande Marques

39-11

16/1

T: J A StackJ: Shane Foley

Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, pushed along early straight, soon ridden and no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace op 22/1 tchd 25/1

8^th

(4)

Gutsy Girl

49-11

16/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Declan McDonogh

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along early straight, soon ridden and no impression over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 11/1 tchd 10/1

9^th

(9)

Star Of Lady M

59-11

12/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Ronan Whelan

Towards rear, pushed along early straight, ridden and no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final 150 yards, never a factor op 14/1 and tchd 16/1

10^th

(7)

Black Forza

310-0

40/1

T: M O'CallaghanJ: Jamie Powell

Always towards rear, pushed along and no impression under 2f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, never a factor op 25/1

11^th

(14)

Town And Country

39-11

25/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Billy Lee

Rear of mid-division, pushed along 2f out, soon ridden and 9th 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, no extra op 22/1 tchd 33/1

12^th

(6)

Lady With The Lamp

39-11

22/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression early straight, no extra from over 1f out op 10/1

13^th

(11)

Songhai

39-11

7/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: Ben Coen

Mid-division early, rear of mid-division halfway, soon ridden and no impression over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 9/1

14^th

(17)

Fandom

410-0

22/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: J M Sheridan

Mid-division, ridden and dropped towards rear early straight, no extra and eased final furlong op 33/1 tchd 40/1

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Non-Runners

(16)

Kansas¹⁴

Weight: 8-10| Age: 2

T: A P O'Brien J: Wayne Lordan

(2)

Bounty¹³

Weight: 10-0| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: Reserve 3

(3)

Billie Be Quick¹³

Weight: 9-11| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Reserve 2

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€7.00Pl:€2.30, €1.30, €5.80EX:€25.10Trifecta:€308.60Tricast:€308.34SF:€20.77

Forecasts

West Acre (5/2), Powerful Nation (9/2), Spartan Arrow (6/1), Songhai (7/1), Kansas (8/1), The Highway Rat (12/1), Star Of Lady M (12/1), Eclairage (16/1), Grande Marques (16/1), Gutsy Girl (16/1), Queen Of Mougins (20/1), Lady With The Lamp (22/1), Fandom (22/1), Town And Country (25/1), Bounty (25/1), Billie Be Quick (33/1), Black Forza (40/1)

A wide-open looking renewal and it could pay to side with last year's sixth STAR OF LADY M, who hasn't been firing on all cylinders in a handful of starts this season but did make some late gains from a poor position in the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp earlier in the month. Sole 2-y-o Kansas heads up the dangers getting plenty of weight from his rivals, with another couple of English-raiders in Spartan Arrow and West Acre rounding off the shortlist.

STAR OF LADY M
KANSAS (IRE)
SPARTAN ARROW (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Ostraka

Weight: 9-11 |Age: 4

J: James Ryan | T: Daniel Murphy

66/1

Prize Money

1st: €36,000.002nd: €12,000.003rd: €6,000.004th: €3,000.005th: €1,800.006th: €1,200.00

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