17:15 Epsom
Good To SoftCygames Surrey Stakes (Listed Race)
- First Prize: £48203.5
- 0m 7f 3y
- Class 1
- 9 runners
RTV
Runners: 9 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
Form: 27-746
OR: 103
W: 9st 5lb
Age: 3 yo Gelding
Picked up a lot of prize-money during a busy 2yo season but isn't totally solid on 2026 efforts and has probably already reached his ceiling anyway; seems unlikely defy a 3lb penalty and top weight.
OUR TIP
Form: 1-23 D
OR: 102
W: 9st 2lb
Age: 3 yo Colt
Thrice-raced Irish colt who has progressive 7f form, most recently 1l third in Listed race at Naas (good); sire landed the Woodcote on this card in 2019 en route to even better things; strong credentials.
Form: 59-110 D
OR: 104
W: 9st 2lb
Age: 3 yo Colt
Record is 3-6, most of those starts in non-domestic races; came up short in Group 1 last time when bidding for Meydan hat-trick; bit to prove back on home soil but very hard to dismiss on ratings.
Form: 10-732 BF
OR: 98
W: 9st 2lb
Age: 3 yo Colt
Has two useful pieces of 6f form, namely an emphatic domestic win on debut and rallying second in Meydan handicap last time; gelded since; ready for a crack at 7f; possibilities if taking well to first-time hood.
Form: 115-13 DBF
OR: 103
W: 9st 2lb
Age: 3 yo Colt
Bit disappointing in similar event at Newmarket last time but otherwise a broadly progressive colt and can't be written off; ready winner of useful handicap at Newbury (7f, good) in only other start this term.
Form: -13341
OR: 101
W: 9st 2lb
Age: 3 yo Gelding
Productive gelding, mostly over 6f and on AW; prevailed by a neck in Newmarket handicap (good to firm) back on turf last time, taking record to 7-12; has bits of 7f form, including at Listed level; in the mix.
Form: 16-631 D
OR: 79
W: 8st 11lb
Age: 3 yo Filly
Won well at Lingfield (7f, good to firm) most recently but that was only a handicap off a mark of 70 and everything panned out perfectly for her; has the worst chance at the weights back up in class.
Form: 2194-0
OR: 101
W: 8st 11lb
Age: 3 yo Filly
Ran well in Group events at Royal Ascot (6f) and Newmarket last season; posted a duck egg in the Nell Gwyn in sole run this term but looks a possible danger on these terms, provided she takes well to first-time hood.
Form: -12447 D
OR: 95
W: 8st 11lb
Age: 3 yo Filly
AW scorer; 0-5 on turf but ran well in this year's Fred Darling and looked better than the bare form (met traffic issues) in York handicap most recently; this task seems to demand a personal best, however.
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Betting Forecast
14/1 Ardisia, 5/1 Greek Mythology, 4/1 Northern Champion, 8/1 Postmodern, 9/4 Stellar Sunrise, 5/1 Ten Carat Harry, 33/1 Assaranca, 12/1 Awaken, 12/1 Ellusive Butterfly
Verdict
With further progress plausible, Irish raider GREEK MYTHOLOGY is taken to emulate his sire by recording a success on this card. The hood factor, among other things, may enable Postmodern (second pick) and Awaken to be big dangers, while Stellar Sunrise is another for the shortlist.[Steve Boow]