Betfred Diomed Stakes (Group 3).
Epsom Downs · Friday, 5 Jun · 16:40
· 1m 113y
· Class 1
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:40
Off time
8
Runners
Good to Soft (Good in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.50
5/2
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.75
11/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
6.50
11/2
04 · —
7
6/1
05 · —
13
12/1
06 · —
15
14/1
07 · —
15
14/1
08 · —
17
16/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 1 | 4 |
Boiling Point (H)
Smart performer who posted a career best when defying top weight in the Cambridgeshire (9f) in September. Too free on first 2 starts back this season but in line with yard's good form, he resumed winning ways in listed company at Goodwood …
|
21-4313 | C Lee | K R Burke | 5 | 60.8 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| — | 1 | — | Alcantor (H) | 446-462 | — | J P O'Brien | 5 | 60.8 kg |
—
Sky B… 6
Betfa… 6
|
| 8th | 2 | 3 |
Chancellor (G)
[P]
Returned a much-improved performer following gelding/breathing operations during the winter, winning twice (including listed race at Southwell), while latest fifth of 14 in a valuable Newcastle handicap (1m) in April was another solid effo…
|
712-125 | R Havlin | J & T Gosden | 4 | 60.8 kg |
17
16/1
|
| — | 2 | — | Audience (G) | 300092 | D Tudhope | D O'Meara | 7 | 60.8 kg |
—
Sky B… 51
Betfa… 51
|
| 4th | 3 | 6 |
Ice Max (G)
Finished runner up behind Persica in this race 12 months ago and ended last season in top form, adding handicap/listed victories to his tally at around 1m. Far from discredited this year, sixth behind stablemate Boiling Point at Goodwood 2…
|
711-536 | S H James | K R Burke | 5 | 60.8 kg |
7
6/1
|
| — | 3 | — | Balmacara (G) | 200-376 | Charles Bishop | Eve Johnson Houghton | 5 | 60.8 kg |
—
Betfa… 41
Sky B… 41
|
| 2nd | 4 | 1 |
Persica (G)
Produced a career best when landing this race 12 months ago. Proved more miss than hit thereafter but quite possible his reappearance run in the Earl of Sefton at Newmarket (9f) in April will bring him on. Course record stands at 2-2 and t…
|
608-425 | S M Levey | R Hannon | 5 | 60.8 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| 7th | 5 | 2 |
Qirat (G)
Smart performer who caused a huge upset in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood last summer having slipped the field. Essentially struggled thereafter and whilst he should strip fitter for his Doncaster reappearance in March, he may not be the ea…
|
1570-47 | Colin Keane | R M Beckett | 5 | 60.8 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 5th | 6 | 7 |
Royal Playwright (C)
Useful colt who capitalised on the ease in class when taking 3-runner conditions event at Goodwood (1¼m) in September. Similar form in defeat tackling listed company final 2 starts but he seemed to have no excuses when good fourth in this …
|
53153-5 | S De Sousa | A M Balding | 4 | 60.8 kg |
15
14/1
|
| — | 6 | — | Cowardofthecounty (G) | 590-821 | — | J P O'Brien | 4 | 60.8 kg |
—
Sky B… 34
Betfa… 34
|
| 1st | 7 | 8 |
Seagulls Eleven (G)
FAV
Smart performer who was a Group 3 winner last summer and hit ground running in France this spring, second in Group 2 company prior to resuming winning ways from the front in listed company at Longchamp (1m, good to firm) 12 days ago. Worth…
|
180-211 | Oisin Murphy | H Palmer | 4 | 60.8 kg |
3.50
5/2
|
| 6th | 8 | 5 |
Skukuza (H)
Progressed with back-to-back victories at the Curragh last season, landing a listed race latterly. Performed with credit first 2 starts this year, so shade disappointing he wasn't in anything like the same form when last of 6 in the Earl o…
|
343-456 | R L Moore | E A L Dunlop | 5 | 60.8 kg |
15
14/1
|
| — | 8 | — | Linwood (G) | 5/3351-1 | J P Spencer | R Hannon | 4 | 60.8 kg |
—
Sky B… 13
Betfa… 13
|
| — | 10 | — | Point Lynas (G) | 4267-94 | Callum Rodriguez | E Bethell | 7 | 60.8 kg |
—
Betfa… 17
Sky B… 17
|
Betting forecast: Seagulls Eleven (5/2), Persica (11/4), Boiling Point (11/2), Ice Max (6/1), Qirat (12/1), Royal Playwright (14/1), Skukuza (14/1), Chancellor (16/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 70888.0 GBP |
| P2 | 26875.0 GBP |
| P3 | 13450.0 GBP |
| P4 | 6700.0 GBP |
| P5 | 3362.0 GBP |
| P6 | 1688.0 GBP |