2025-08-09 Newmarket 16:17
Newmarket

Close Brothers Handicap

Distance: 1m

Going: Good To Firm

Prize: £9,535

Runners: 6

Winning time: 1m 37.21s (fast by 0.19s)

Age: 3yo

Class: Class 3

5 Mister Winston

J: Jason Watson T: Andrew Balding

Age:3 Weight:9st 3lbs

OR:84 SP:11/8F

Made all - ridden over 1f out - went clear inside final furlong - readily(op 6/4 tchd 5/4)

2 5

4 Transparent

J: Sean Levey T: Tom Ward

Age:3 Weight:9st 5lbs

OR:86 SP:11/4

Prominent - outpaced over 1f out - went second inside final 110yds - no match for winner(op 10/3 tchd 3/1)

3 1¼ 6¼

1 The Fingal Raven

J: Saffie Osborne T: Jamie Osborne

Age:3 Weight:9st 10lbs

OR:91 SP:100/30

Taken down early and mounted in chute - in touch with leaders - good headway over 2f out - went second over 1f out - lost second inside final furlong - just held third(op 3/1 tchd 7/2)

4 hd 6½

2 Royalty Bay

J: Dale Swift T: Seb Spencer

Age:3 Weight:9st 8lbs

OR:89 SP:16/1

Prominent - outpaced over 3f out - rallied inside final 110yds - not pace to challenge(op 12/1)

5 ¾ 7¼

3 Abundance

J: Rob Hornby T: Jonathan Portman

Age:3 Weight:9st 6lbs

OR:87 SP:13/2

In touch with leaders - headway and prominent over 3f out - outpaced over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong (vet said gelding had bled from the nose)(op 11/2 tchd 5/1)

6 74 81¼

7 Victory Sound

J: Pierre-Louis Jamin T: Mark Usher

Age:3 Weight:9st 0lbs

OR:81 SP:80/1

Towards rear throughout - tailed off (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 40/1)

Wolfpack

J: Oisin Murphy T: James Ferguson

Age:3 Weight:9st 2lbs

OR:83 SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £2.38

Tote place: £1.30 £2

Exacta: £6.20

Trifecta: £13.90

CSF: £5.42