Doncaster Races
Doncaster
15:00
Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup Stakes
Doncaster
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025
Distance: 2m2f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £1.91
Place: £1.10 £1.80 £1.10
Exacta: £6
Tricast: £19.88
Trifecta: £28.40
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Sweet William (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | John & Thady Gosden | 133 lbs | 10/11F | Won | Slowly into stride then hampered start - in rear - steady headway from over 4f out - led 2f out - soon clear - kept on well(op 5/6 tchd 8/11) | ||
| 2nd | 8 | Pendragon (IRE) | 3 G | Good | Sir Mark Prescott Bt | 122 lbs | 9/2 | 3.75 | Ducked right start - took keen hold - prominent - chased clear leader after 2f - headway 8f out - led 3f out - headed 2f out - no chance with winner but kept on final furlong(op 4/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Hipop De Loire (FR) | 8 G | Poor | W P Mullins | 133 lbs | 9/1 | 2 | Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders over 4f out - briefly went second 3f out - soon hung left and outpaced - no extra final furlong(op 10/1) | ||
| 4th | 3 | Kyle Of Lochalsh (GB) | 5 H | AVG | Hughie Morrison | 133 lbs | 18/1 | 7 | Ducked left start - in rear - outpaced under 4f out - no chance from 2f out(op 16/1) | ||
| 5th | 1 | Coltrane (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Andrew Balding | 133 lbs | 14/1 | 2.25 | Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders over 4f out - bit short of room over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 16/1) | ||
| 6th | 6 | Tashkhan (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Brian Ellison | 133 lbs | 66/1 | 1.5 | Bumped start - in rear - no impression on outer from over 3f out | ||
| 7th | 4 | Sunway (FR) | 4 C | AVG | David Menuisier | 133 lbs | 6/1 | 14 | Raced wide and prominent early - led at fast pace after 1f - soon clear - slowed tempo halfway - reduced lead 8f out - headed 3f out - soon weakened and eased - tailed off (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than jockey said colt was unsuited by having set the pace in the early stages on this occasion)(op 7/1 and tchd 8/1) | ||
| 8th | 7 | Oxford Comma (IRE) | 4 F | Good | Ralph Beckett | 130 lbs | 33/1 | 23 | Led early - headed after 1f - soon in touch with leaders - lost position over 5f out - dropped to last and struggling 4f out - tailed off |