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14:25 Haydock Park

Betfred 'Play Fred's 5 Million' Handicap (Class 2)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 175y
  • Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £50,000 added
  • Winner: £25,770
  • 2nd: £12,085
  • 3rd: £6,045
  • 4th: £3,020
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 35.94s
  • Off Time: 14:25:09
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Iron Lion

11/2

    2
    Silk -

    Knightswood (IRE)

    11/2

      3
      Silk -

      Struth (IRE)

      5/1

        1(4)
        Silk - Red, yellow seams, red sleeves, yellow stars, red cap, yellow star

        Wise Eagle (IRE)

        34 p D
        14/1
        • Form 41/120-8
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-12
        • Official Rating 105

        mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

        2(2)
        Silk - Dark blue, yellow diamond, yellow cap

        Max Mayhem

        175
        14/1
        • Form 862813-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-8
        • Official Rating 101

        held up in mid-division, switched right and headway over 1f out, no impression and one pace inside final furlong

        3(3)
        Silk - Royal blue, yellow braces, sleeves and cap

        Struth (IRE)

        7 D
        5/1
        • Form 0442-90
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 94

        tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no impression on winner and lost 2nd towards finish

        4(6)
        Silk - Yellow, Red seams and armlets

        Divina Grace (IRE)

        15 D
        6/4
        • Form 78112-3
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-11
        • Official Rating 90

        led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong

        6(9)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Pink diabolo, chevrons on sleeves, Pink cap, Dark Blue diamond

        Iron Lion

        22 BFD
        11/2
        • Form 147-316
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-9
        • Official Rating 88

        steadied start, held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, edged left and led over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong

        7(1)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White hoops and sleeves, Red and White hooped cap

        Knightswood (IRE)

        8 D
        11/2
        • Form 131-283
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7
        • Official Rating 86

        slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, not clear run over 2f out or over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, finished well to take 2nd towards finish

        8(7)
        Silk - Pink and royal blue check, pink sleeves

        Mountain Road (FR)

        264 h BF
        18/1
        • Form 1/46052-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-4
        • Official Rating 83

        chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

        9(5)
        Silk - Emerald green, red hoops, red sleeves, emerald green armlets

        Melek Alreeh (USA)

        88 D
        10/1
        • Form 5656-21
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-2
        • Official Rating 79

        steadied start, always in rear

        5(8)
        NR

        Maghlaak

        12 b BF
        4/1
        • Form 11/32-17
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-10
        • Official Rating 89

        NonRunner

        Previous results

        2023
        (1)
        Silk -

        Cumulonimbus (IRE)

        6/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-7

        2022
        (5)
        Silk -

        Contact (IRE)

        10/3
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-8

        In depth

        Formwatch

        Wise Eagle (IRE) 40-1 (9-11) Held up, came centre 10f out, pushed along and struggling in last pair over 3f out, never involved, 8th of 11, 16 1/4l behind Bague D'or (8-9) at Newmarket 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in May.

        Max Mayhem 11-2 (9-2) 3rd of 14, 2 3/4l behind Goya Senora (9-2) at Deauville 1m 4f lst stks pol in Dec.

        Struth (IRE) 18-1 (9-2) Led, ridden 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 14, 21l behind Relentless Voyager (9-8) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Jun.

        Divina Grace (IRE) 16-1 (10-2) Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Ayyab (9-11) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp fll (3) gd in May.

        Iron Lion 7-4fav (9-6) Steadied start, held up in last trio, bit closer 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, weakened and no impression when hung badly right over 1f out, 6th of 8, 23 1/2l behind Fox Journey (9-9) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in May.

        Knightswood (IRE) 17-2 (9-10) Held up off the pace towards rear, stayed on strongly between horses inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, not reach leaders, 3rd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Lexington Knight (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in May.

        Mountain Road (FR) 5-2fav (10-2) Towards rear, wide and headway 4f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Hedonista (8-10) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Sep.

        Melek Alreeh (USA) 2-1fav (9-9) In touch, pushed along and headway far side over 1f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, joined inside final furlong, ran on, driven all out, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Optician (9-4) by shd, 7 ran.

        Maghlaak 10-3fav (9-8) In rear, pushed along 3f out, no impression and ridden 2f out, never in contention, 7th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Arthur's Realm (9-6) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (2) sft in May.