17:35 Royal Ascot

Saturday 21 June 2025

All14:3015:0515:4016:2017:0017:3518:10

Golden Gates Stakes (Handicap)

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 2m 5.15s

1^st

(14)

Quai De Bethune

39-2

12/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up in rear, not much room 2f out, headway and switched left over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on well, led post op 10/1

2^nd

nse

(16)

Seraph Gabriel

39-4

11/4f

T: R M BeckettJ: Rossa Ryan

Held up towards rear, switched left and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, headed post op 5/2

3^rd

(5)

Best Secret

39-4

4/1

T: S WattelJ: James Doyle

Held up in rear, badly hampered final bend, not much room over 2f out, headway when switched right over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on

4^th

3 ½

(15)

Glen To Glen

38-13

9/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: D McMonagle

Chased leaders, steadied slightly over 6f out, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, 4th and no extra inside final 100 yards op 7/1

5^th

3 ¾

(19)

Basalt

39-3

66/1

T: A WatsonJ: L Morris

Wide early, soon prominent, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 80/1

6^th

(11)

War Socks

39-0

33/1

T: N PetersenJ: S De Sousa

Broke well, took keen hold, led after 1f, headed 7f out, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 40/1 tchd 50/1

7^th

(9)

Aurel

39-3

33/1

T: R M BeckettJ: R Kingscote

In touch in mid-division, headway when not much room 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, no impression after, kept on op 28/1

8^th

(2)

Tycoon

39-6

18/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: D Egan

Chased leaders on inside, pushed along 3f out, lost place over 1f out op 16/1 tchd 20/1

9^th

(7)

Brindavan

38-13

28/1

T: S WoodsJ: C T Keane

Mid-division, took keen hold, not much room over 2f out, soon closed and switched left, no extra inside final furlong op 25/1

10^th

(3)

Rock Of Cashel

39-9

66/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: S M Levey

Chased leaders, ridden and not much room over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong tchd 50/1

11^th

(4)

Dakota Blue

39-3

5/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: B M Coen

Held up towards rear, headway when not much room over 2f out, soon switched left, edged left and no impression after op 6/1 tchd 9/2

12^th

1 ¾

(12)

Fantazy Man

39-1

25/1

T: J P MurtaghJ: J A Heffernan

Mid-division, headway over 2f out, no impression over 1f out tchd 28/1

13^th

(6)

El Burhan

39-4

12/1

T: G BougheyJ: Jim Crowley

Held up rear of mid-division, lost place over 3f out, switched left over 2f out, no headway tchd 14/1

14^th

(1)

Roosevelt

39-1

20/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Soon led, headed after 1f, led again 7f out, headed over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off tchd 22/1

15^th

(18)

Ernst Blofeld

39-1

10/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: W Buick

Wide early, chased leaders, steadied slightly over 6f out, pushed along over 3f out, soon lost place, tailed off op 11/1 tchd 9/1

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Non-Runners

(10)

Sallaal⁴⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: R Varian J: Ray Dawson

(17)

The King's Falcon²³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.00Pl:£4.10, £1.85, £1.75EX:£70.10Trifecta:£359.70Tricast:£164.28SF:£43.26Swingers:£10.80, £11.70, £4.85

Forecasts

Seraph Gabriel (11/4), Best Secret (4/1), Dakota Blue (5/1), The King's Falcon (8/1), Glen To Glen (9/1), Ernst Blofeld (10/1), Sallaal (10/1), Quai De Bethune (12/1), El Burhan (12/1), Tycoon (18/1), Roosevelt (20/1), Fantazy Man (25/1), Brindavan (28/1), War Socks (33/1), Aurel (33/1), Basalt (66/1), Rock Of Cashel (66/1)

SERAPH GABRIEL is drawn a bit wider than ideal but is still given the chance to build on the considerable promise of his Sandown reappearance second in the spring. Glen To Glen has switched to Joseph O'Brien since his good second in a warm Leopardstown handicap in March and is a potentially dangerous opponent. French raider Best Secret and London Gold Cup 3-4 Quai de Bethune and Ernst Blofeld also make the shortlist.