Last season's race

• Winner: Prince Of India
• Jockey: Ryusei Sakai
• Trainer: Marco Botti
• Owner: Mr Vaibhav Shah
• Age: 3 Weight: 10st 0lbs
• Starting Price: 10-3
• Season Form Figures: 2121
• Previous Best: 1st - Heritage Handicap (Class 2 ), Newmarket (July 2025)

By Paul Jones

A 6f sprint handicap (0-100) for three-year-olds only and the higher-weighted horses have fared best of late with eight of the last 13 winners saddled with 9st 10lb+ and they wouldn’t make up anywhere near 50% representation.

Expanding the parameters a little further, 11 of the last 16 winners carried 9st 7lb+ from 83 runners compared to four winners carrying 8st 13lb-9st 6lb from around 15% less representation.

Over the years it has been a pretty good race for punters with just two winners despatched at bigger than 17-2 in the last 21 runnings and 15 of those emerged from the first three in the market. In fact, five of the last six winners started favourite, joint-favourite or co-favourite.

More significantly, eight winners also won last time out, in fact, Dark Trooper was completing a four-timer in 2023 and interesting to note the last five of the last 11 winners were drawn 10+. There are only ten runners allowed but take on board two reserves will also be given a stall number. Three of the last ten winners won from the highest stall of all.

Roger Charlton has weighed in with three successes since the race’s inception but Harry Charlton has no entries this year.