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Dewhurst Stakes Ante-Post Tips & Predictions

Dewhurst Stakes Ante-Post Tips & Predictions

Tuesday 8 October, 20242 min read
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Dave Revers

Dave is our resident horse racing expert, who has a particular penchant for jumps racing. He is based in London, within touching distance of his favourite track, Sandown.

I've picked out my three best Ante-Post tips ahead of the 2025 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

Charlie Appleby and Aidan O’Brien have each won two renewals of the last five runnings of this Group One prize for juvenile colts. It is therefore apt that their contenders are fighting it out for favouritism.

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Dewhurst Stakes Ante-Post Tips

Fixtures for: Saturday 11th October

Dewhurst Stakes

15:00

Distant Storm to Win @ 3.50

DISTANT STORM is my clear selection for leading owners, Godolphin. The Charlie Appleby-trained son of Night Of Thunder narrowly won a maiden on the Newmarket July course, on debut. He fended off a subsequent winner from the Aidan O’Brien yard that day, before that horse scored in Group Two company.

Distant Storm disappointed at York next time, when running far too freely, without cover. Charlie Appleby’s Ruling Court was also third in that contest, before winning this season’s G1 2000 Guineas.

He improved dramatically on third career outing, when settling beautifully in a smooth and impressive track and trip success in a Group Three, and I feel he has further progress to come.

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Fixtures for: Saturday 11th October

Dewhurst Stakes

15:00

Oxagon E/W @ 8.00

OXAGON has improved with each start, despite not winning last-time-out. The Frankel colt was a wildly-impressive eight-length winner of a Sandown maiden, prior to an excellent second in the G2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster over this trip.

The winner of that event has subsequently given the form a huge boost, by landing the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp. He can be involved in the first three, if able to replicate that recent effort.

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Fixtures for: Saturday 11th October

Dewhurst Stakes

15:00

Hawk Mountain E/W @ 17.00

HAWK MOUNTAIN is a big price for an Aidan O’Brien runner, who could be a serious pace angle in the race. The Wootton Bassett colt has won twice from three starts at Curragh.

He improved considerably from his first outing to score easily from the front, on second run, before making all impressively over a mile last month. If he were able to lead, without any pace pressure, it would be extremely dangerous to dismiss his claims.

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