Result 15:35 · Ascot

BetMGM Challenge Cup (Heritage Handicap)

Class 2Handicap7fGood-good to firm in places · GoingStick 8.13YO plus · 18 ran£92,772 to the winnerCloudy 22 experts

Result

Official · time 1m 26.26s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Mezcala	George Bass	Jack Channon	—	6.00	7.08
2	Moonfall (IRE)	Billy Loughnane	G Boughey	hd	4.50	5.40
3	Realign (FR)	P J Dobbs	W J Haggas	1¼L	13.0	16.5
4	Pellitory	D Tudhope	D O'Meara	1½L	17.0	24.3
5	Arctic Dawn	Callum Shepherd	Daniel & Claire Kubler	2½L	29.0	36.0
6	Hawksbill	George Wood	R Spencer	3½L	11.0	14.4
7	Desert Shadow	K Shoemark	Saeed bin Suroor	3¾L	21.0	30.0
8	Machadadorp (GB)	Callum Hutchinson	A M Balding	4½L	19.0	28.0
9	Thunder Call	Harry Davies	W J Haggas	5L	7.00	11.0
10	Hickory (IRE)	P J McDonald	Jamie Osborne	5¼L	21.0	34.0
11	Poet Master (IRE)	C Lee	K R Burke	5¼L	23.0	30.0
12	River King (IRE)	S M Levey	R Hannon	7L	7.00	8.40
13	Great Acclaim (GB)	Oliver Carmichael	Eve Johnson Houghton	8L	21.0	25.6
14	Golden Mind (IRE)	Warren Fentiman	R A Fahey	9L	51.0	99.2
15	The Fingal Raven (IRE)	William Carver	Jamie Osborne	9½L	29.0	37.3
16	Two Tribes	Toby Moore	R Spencer	9¾L	23.0	36.0
17	Five Ways	Jason Watson	A M Balding	9¾L	67.0	110.0
18	Aalto (FR)	Lewis Edmunds	Ian Williams	10L	13.0	19.5

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Betfair Exchange · Win

Moonfall (IRE)6.006.20

Mezcala6.406.60

Thunder Call8.809.00

River King (IRE)11.512.0

Hawksbill13.514.5

Aalto (FR)16.016.5

Moonfall (IRE): 6.40 at 14:35 → 6.00 at 15:34.

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1 (8)

Poet Master (IRE)

6yo · 9-12 · OR 105

225377 J C Lee T K R Burke 36.0 38.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Jul 26	Goodwood	7f	Good	C1	7/8	6¼L	15.0
27 Jun 26	Newcastle	6f	Standard To Slow	C1	7/11	6½L	7.00
06 Jun 26	Epsom Downs	7f 3y	Good To Soft	C1	3/8	2½L	12.0

5 wins from 15 · placed 8

Won 5 of 13 at around this trip

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Pellitory t

4yo · 9-11 · OR 98

020131 J D Tudhope T D O'Meara 23.0 24.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Sep 26	Ayr	6f	Heavy	C2	1/24	—	13.0
29 Aug 26	Goodwood	7f	Good to Soft	C2	3/11	3L	12.0
08 Aug 26	Haydock Park	6f 212y	Good	C3	1/6	—	4.00

5 wins from 21 · placed 9

Won 4 of 15 at around this trip

Last ran 14 days ago

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Two Tribes b

5yo · 9-10 · OR 103

720530 J Toby Moore (7) T R Spencer 28.0 30.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Sep 26	Ayr	6f	Heavy	C2	12/24	9½L	13.0
05 Sep 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	3/8	3L	4.50
08 Aug 26	Ascot	7f 213y	Good To Firm	C2	5/10	5L	6.50

3 wins from 30 · placed 12

Course winner: 1 win from 9 here

Last ran 14 days ago

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Arctic Dawn p

5yo · 9-10 · OR 103

106184 J Callum Shepherd T Daniel & Claire Kubler 36.0 40.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Sep 26	Newmarket	7f	Good	C2	4/12	2L	6.50
20 Aug 26	York	7f 192y	Good To Soft	C2	8/14	6L	29.0
08 Aug 26	Newmarket	7f	Good To Firm	C2	1/10	—	6.50

5 wins from 23 · placed 10

Won 5 of 18 at around this trip

Last ran 7 days ago

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Five Ways

3yo · 9-9 · OR 104

504609 J Jason Watson T A M Balding 140.0 170.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Sep 26	Newmarket	7f	Good	C2	9/12	7¼L	15.0
22 Aug 26	Chester	7f 127y	Good To Soft	C2	11/13	6½L	17.0
31 Jul 26	Goodwood	1m	Good To Firm	C1	6/7	8¼L	51.0

2 wins from 11 · placed 2

2 runs at around this trip without a win

Last ran 7 days ago

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6 (1)

Thunder Call

3yo · 9-7 · OR 102

211321 J Harry Davies T W J Haggas 8.80 9.00

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Sep 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	1/8	—	2.00
08 Aug 26	Ascot	6f	Good To Firm	C2	2/9	1½L	3.00
09 Jul 26	Newmarket	6f	Good To Firm	C2	3/13	1L	5.50

3 wins from 7 · placed 6

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

Last ran 28 days ago

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Great Acclaim (GB) v

5yo · 9-6 · OR 99

323897 J Oliver Carmichael (7) T Eve Johnson Houghton 30.0 32.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Aug 26	Newbury	7f	Good To Firm	C2	7/8	8½L	4.50
25 Jul 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	9/16	4L	17.0
11 Jul 26	Newmarket	7f	Good To Firm	C2	8/13	4½L	8.50

6 wins from 31 · placed 16

Won 2 of 13 at around this trip

Last ran 49 days ago

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Hickory (IRE) p

8yo · 9-6 · OR 99

606151 J P J McDonald T Jamie Osborne 30.0 34.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Sep 26	Ascot	1m	Good	C2	1/13	—	8.50
14 Aug 26	Newmarket	1m	Good To Firm	C3	5/10	2¾L	7.50
25 Jul 26	Ascot	1m	Good To Firm	C2	1/11	—	11.0

7 wins from 34 · placed 16

Course winner: 4 wins from 13 here

Last ran 29 days ago

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Moonfall (IRE)

3yo · 9-6 · OR 101

751422 J Billy Loughnane T G Boughey 6.00 6.20

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Sep 26	Doncaster	1m	Good	C2	2/17	¾L	6.50
04 Sep 26	Ascot	1m	Good	C2	2/13	¾L	8.50
11 Jul 26	Newmarket	1m	Good To Firm	C2	4/8	3½L	4.33

2 wins from 9 · placed 6

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

Last ran 21 days ago

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Mezcala

4yo · 9-4 · OR 97

713106 J George Bass T Jack Channon 6.40 6.60

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Sep 26	Doncaster	1m	Good	C2	6/17	4L	7.50
25 Jul 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	12/16	4½L	5.50
18 Jun 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	1/28	—	5.50

3 wins from 10 · placed 6

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

Last ran 21 days ago

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Desert Shadow v

4yo · 9-3 · OR 96

052112 J K Shoemark T Saeed bin Suroor 27.0 28.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Aug 26	Sandown Park	7f	Good to Soft	C3	2/8	¾L	3.00
06 Aug 26	Sandown Park	7f	Good To Firm	C4	1/6	—	4.50
15 Jul 26	Lingfield Park	7f 135y	Good To Firm	C3	1/4	—	3.50

2 wins from 10 · placed 8

Won 1 of 2 at around this trip

Last ran 35 days ago

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Golden Mind (IRE) t

5yo · 9-2 · OR 95

480000 J Warren Fentiman (3) T R A Fahey 95.0 110.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Sep 26	Ascot	6f	Good To Firm	C2	10/13	10¾L	15.0
22 Aug 26	York	6f	Good To Soft	C2	19/20	11½L	51.0
25 Jul 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	15/16	11¾L	67.0

4 wins from 30 · placed 9

Won 1 of 18 at around this trip

Last ran 28 days ago

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River King (IRE)

4yo · 9-2 · OR 95

312154 J S M Levey T R Hannon 11.5 12.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Sep 26	Doncaster	1m	Good	C2	4/17	2½L	8.00
18 Jun 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	5/28	3¼L	15.0
01 Jun 26	Newbury	1m	Good To Firm	C4	1/12	—	4.33

2 wins from 9 · placed 6

1 run here without a win

Last ran 21 days ago

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Machadadorp (GB)

3yo · 9-1 · OR 96

611261 J Callum Hutchinson T A M Balding 26.0 28.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Aug 26	York	7f	Good To Soft	C2	1/19	—	10.0
28 Jul 26	Goodwood	6f	Good	C3	6/20	3¾L	6.00
11 Jul 26	Newmarket	7f	Good To Firm	C2	2/9	3½L	4.33

3 wins from 6 · placed 4

Won 3 of 4 at around this trip

Last ran 44 days ago

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Realign (FR)

4yo · 9-1 · OR 94

791800 J P J Dobbs T W J Haggas 21.0 22.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Aug 26	York	6f	Good To Soft	C2	10/20	2¾L	15.0
01 Aug 26	Goodwood	6f	Good To Firm	C2	16/27	4¾L	21.0
20 Jun 26	Ascot	6f	Good To Firm	C2	8/27	4¼L	13.0

3 wins from 12 · placed 5

2 runs here without a win

Last ran 42 days ago

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The Fingal Raven (IRE) p1,t1

4yo · 9-0 · OR 93

939273 J William Carver T Jamie Osborne 50.0 55.0

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Sep 26	Newmarket	7f	Good	C2	3/12	1½L	5.00
19 Sep 26	Newbury	7f	Good To Firm	C3	7/16	1¾L	17.0
05 Sep 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	2/8	2¾L	17.0

1 win from 15 · placed 8

Won 1 of 11 at around this trip

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Hawksbill

4yo · 8-13 · OR 92

075742 J George Wood T R Spencer 13.5 14.5

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Sep 26	Ayr	1m	Heavy	C2	2/14	1¼L	8.50
20 Aug 26	York	7f 192y	Good To Soft	C2	4/14	3¾L	29.0
31 Jul 26	Goodwood	1m	Good To Firm	C2	7/18	3½L	26.0

1 win from 17 · placed 7

2 runs here without a win

Last ran 14 days ago

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Aalto (FR) t

6yo · 8-11 · OR 90

021332 J Lewis Edmunds T Ian Williams 16.0 16.5

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Sep 26	Newbury	7f	Good To Firm	C3	2/16	nk	4.00
04 Sep 26	Ascot	7f	Good	C3	3/8	¾L	2.75
25 Jul 26	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	3/16	1½L	15.0

2 wins from 24 · placed 9

Won 2 of 17 at around this trip

Last ran 14 days ago

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