York Races
York
14:25
Sky Bet Melrose Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)
York
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025
Distance: 1m6f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Firm
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £6
Place: £2.40 £2.30 £2.60
Exacta: £33.40
Tricast: £183.20
Trifecta: £280
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Tarriance (GB) | 3 C | Elite | Andrew Balding | 135 lbs | 5/1 | Won | Held up in midfield - steady headway over 4f out - ridden and led narrowly or disputed lead over 1f out - headed inside final 110yds - led again post - just prevailed(op 11/2) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Many Men (GB) | 2 G | Good | Jim Boyle | 130 lbs | 9/2F | 0.05 | Towards rear - steady headway over 3f out - disputed lead over 1f out - soon edged right - led narrowly inside final 110yds - headed post - just failed(tchd 4/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Daiquiri Bay (GB) | 3 C | AVG | Alan King | 135 lbs | 8/1 | 3.5 | Prominent - led over 2f out - headed over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 9/1) | ||
| 4th | 11 | Sea Of Kings (IRE) | 3 C | Poor | Harry Eustace | 125 lbs | 10/1 | 1.25 | Sweating - pressed leader - prominent after 5f - pressed leaders over 2f out - lost fourth when outpaced inside final furlong - went modest fourth inside final 110yds(op 7/1) | ||
| 5th | 7 | Fantasy World (IRE) | 2 C | Good | Andrew Balding | 130 lbs | 11/1 | 0.2 | Slowly into stride - in touch with leaders - outpaced over 2f out - switched right over 1f out - some headway and went fourth inside final furlong - lost fourth inside final 110yds(op 10/1) | ||
| 6th | 4 | Pole Star (GB) | 3 C | Good | Charlie Johnston | 132 lbs | 17/2 | 0.3 | Held up in rear - outpaced over 3f out - headway inside final 110yds - not pace to challenge(op 9/1 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 7th | 12 | Novelista (IRE) | 3 C | Poor | Charlie Johnston | 125 lbs | 5/1 | 0.1 | Held up in midfield - headway over 3f out - outpaced over 1f out(op 8/1) | ||
| 8th | 1 | Boatswain (GB) | 3 G | AVG | Simon & Ed Crisford | 135 lbs | 14/1 | 1.5 | Held up in rear - some headway over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 18/1) | ||
| 9th | 9 | Love Talk (IRE) | 3 F | AVG | Grant Tuer | 127 lbs | 80/1 | .75 | In rear - headway over 2f out - switched left over 1f out - no telling impression(op 50/1) | ||
| 10th | 5 | Cape Breton (GB) | 2 C | AVG | Ralph Beckett | 131 lbs | 18/1 | 8 | Led - headed over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 16/1) | ||
| 11th | 8 | Golden Handshake (GB) | 3 G | Good | William Haggas | 130 lbs | 15/2 | 7 | Midfield - weakened over 2f out (jockey said gelding ran too free in middle of race; vet examined gelding post-race during routine testing and had nothing to report)(tchd 17/2) | ||
| 12th | 10 | Talismans Time (GB) | 3 G | Good | Edward Bethell | 127 lbs | 14/1 | 51 | Sweating - prominent early - in touch with leaders after 2f - weakened over 2f out - tailed off (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than jockey's report that gelding stopped quickly on this occasion; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 12/1) |