15:45 Newbury
Saturday 25 October 2025
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BetVictor St Simon Stakes (Group 3)
- 3YO plus | Class 1 | 1m 4f | Soft | 9 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 2m 42.46s
T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand
Held up in 6th, smooth headway on heels of leaders over 3f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, soon clear op 5/1
T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick
Tracked leading trio, smooth headway out wide over 3f out, led going well inside final 2f, ridden out wide over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, kept on for clear 2nd op 5/2
T: S & E CrisfordJ: James Doyle
Held up in touch, headway out wide tracking leaders 10f out, led 3f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, no extra in 3rd op 20/1 tchd 18/1
T: A M BaldingJ: Rob Hornby
Soon held up in last trio, headway far side of group over 3f out, plugged on in modest 4th final 2f op 10/1 tchd 15/2 and tchd 11/1
T: R M BeckettJ: Rossa Ryan
Soon held up in 5th inside, pushed along turning in, headway far side of group tracking leaders over 3f out, ridden and outpaced 2f out, no chance after op 4/1
T: J & T GosdenJ: R Havlin
Slowly into stride, headway out wide tracking leaders 10f out, led 8f out, brought field centre in straight, headed 3f out, ridden and weakened quickly, tailed off op 25/1
T: R M BeckettJ: Edward Greatrex
Led 4f, tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened quickly over 2f out, tailed off op 16/1 tchd 12/1
T: D M SimcockJ: S M Levey
Tracked leaders early, soon held up off the pace in last pair, pushed along and struggling over 4f out, tailed off op 25/1
T: W J HaggasJ: Ray Dawson
Slowly away, held up and always in rear, never on terms, tailed off op 10/3 tchd 7/2
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.50, £1.60, £4.20EX:£15.40Trifecta:£157.00Tricast:£200.55SF:£14.34Swingers:£3.40, £11.50, £11.80
Forecasts
Ancient Wisdom (3/1), Al Aasy (3/1), Hamish (7/2), Starzintheireyes (11/2), Mount Atlas (8/1), Revoir (14/1), Military Academy (20/1), Sea Scout (22/1), Miss Wong (33/1)
This looks like a good opportunity for ANCIENT WISDOM, who put in a good shift when going close back from a break over 1¼m at Goodwood and both the return to this trip and a more galloping track will play to his strengths. Starzintheireyes was back in seventh in the same listed contest, but he's entitled to come on for that (first run for a year) and he promises to be suited by this stiffer test. Evergreen 9-y-o Hamish is also accorded respect.
- ANCIENT WISDOM (FR)
- STARZINTHEIREYES
- HAMISH
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £42,532.002nd: £16,125.003rd: £8,070.004th: £4,020.005th: £2,018.006th: £1,012.00
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