11 Jun 2025 19:10 Kempton
Winner: £8,000 (Penalty: £4,187); Distance: 1m; Class: 5; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Standard / Slow.
Merv Cox Memorial Handicap
| Place | No (Draw) |
Silks | Beaten Distance |
Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
11(4) |
| - |
Dubai Beach (IRE) (filly, grey, 9 4) |
7/2-7 / 4 |
Flat (46) | K Shoemark | S bin Suroor Godolphin |
5/1 | |
| raced keenly in mid-division, smooth headway between horses inside final 2f, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden and quickened to lead inside final furlong, soon clear | ||||||||||
2nd |
5(9) |
| 2 L |
Ombrecell (FR) (gelding, bay, 9 7) |
456-1 / 4 |
Flat (35) | Jim Crowley | C Gordon Morestead Team… |
16/1 | |
| tracked leader 2f, close 3rd inside, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong,just held on for 2nd | ||||||||||
3rd |
6(12) |
| NS |
Port Road (USA) (gelding, grey, 9 6) |
8-62258 / 4 |
Flat (35) | Paddy Bradley | S Dow Mr Mike Convey… |
18/1 | |
| held up in rear, going for run between horses when not clear run over 1f out, ran on when in the clear inside final furlong, finished well into 3rd towards finish, just missed 2nd | ||||||||||
4th |
2(5) |
| NK |
Savvy Exchange (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 8) |
2973-06 / 4 |
Flat (9) | Tom Marquand | S Woods Mr Julian Hui |
9/1 | |
| held up towards rear, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, lost modest 3rd towards finish | ||||||||||
5th |
3(2) |
| 2½ L |
Walson's Law (GB) (colt, bay, 9 8) |
54626-1 / 4 |
Flat (9) | Charles Bishop | Eve Johnson Houghton Lady Cobham |
15/8 | |
| towards rear, headway on inside chasing leaders 2f out, weakened inside final furlong | ||||||||||
6th |
4(10) |
| 1¼ L |
Outgun (GB) (gelding, grey, 9 7) |
62108-7 / 5 |
Flat (37), Jump (598) |
Rossa Ryan | A King Kingston Stud |
18/1 | |
| held up off the pace in last pair, some late headway out wide, never involved | ||||||||||
7th |
12(8) |
| ½ L |
Wadacre Grace (GB) (filly, bay, 9 2) |
144227- / 6 |
Flat (405) | C Lee | C Johnston Wadacre Stud |
50/1 | |
| tracked leader 1f, chased leaders, ridden and outpaced inside final 2f, never dangerous after | ||||||||||
8th |
1(3) |
| 1 L |
Giant (GB) (colt, bay, 9 9) |
459746 / 5 |
Flat (20) | W Buick | R Spencer Phil Cunningham |
11/1 | |
| raced keenly, soon steadied mid-division inside, headway over 2f out, ridden and weakened tamely inside final furlong | ||||||||||
9th |
13(13) |
| ½ L |
Double Time (GB) (gelding, bay, 8 13) |
686-668 / 7 |
Flat (21) | Sean Kirrane | Tim Vaughan Mrs P Scott-Dunn |
125/1 | |
| chased leaders, went 2nd 6f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong | ||||||||||
10th |
10(7) |
| 2¼ L |
Berry Clever (GB) (gelding, bay, 9 4) |
411-327 / 4 |
Flat (28) | S M Levey | C A Dwyer Strawberry Fields… |
11/2 | |
| raced wide and never closer than mid-division, pushed along and losing place when hampered inside final 2f, | ||||||||||
11th |
7(14) |
| 1¼ L |
Calanthe (GB) (gelding, bay, 9 5) |
235214 / 4 |
Flat (32), Jump (176) |
L Morris | A Watson J Allison & Partner |
14/1 | |
| led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakened quickly | ||||||||||
12th |
8(11) |
| 5½ L |
Newfangled (IRE) (colt, chestnut, 9 5) |
321312 / 4 |
Flat (9) | T E Whelan | J G Portman Berkeley Racing |
6/1 | |
| tracked leaders out wide, ridden inside final 2f, weakened quickly soon after | ||||||||||
13th |
14(1) |
| 14 L |
Landing Board (IRE) (gelding, bay, 8 12) |
4-85 / 4 |
Flat (27) | Jason Watson | J Gallagher Caveat Emptor Partnership |
100/1 | |
| steadied start, always in rear | ||||||||||
9(6) |
| - |
Monopolise (GB) (colt, black, 9 4) |
225-100 / 5 |
Flat (21) | Daniel Muscutt | D M Loughnane Laurence Bellman |
0/0 | ||
| NonRunner | ||||||||||