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Polhill Cutting Handicap Stakes

Newmarket-July · Sat 22nd Aug 2026 · 17:04
📏 5f 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 GOOD TO FIRM, Good in places (GoingStick: 6.6) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £6,442 🐎 Flat
2nd
Fantasy Master
13/2
Robert Havlin
1st
Maelstrom
5/1
Ashley Lewis
3rd
Diomed Duke
3/1
Olivia Haines(7)
🏷️
Class
Class 4
📏
Distance
5f
🌿
Going
GOOD TO FIRM, Good in places (GoingStick: 6.6)
🏟️
Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
£6,442
🐎
Runners
7
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
4
Tiva Form: 254631
4y
142 lbs
Silvestre De Sousa
David O'Meara
82 9/4F
🥇 1st
Maelstrom Form: 730-85
4y
138 lbs
Ashley Lewis
Stuart Williams
78 5/1
5
Lara Antipova Form: 2-2142
3y
137 lbs
Neil Callan
Tom Clover
79 3/1
🥉 3rd
Diomed Duke Form: 3-5521
4y
136 lbs
Olivia Haines(7)
Stuart Williams
76 3/1
🥈 2nd
Fantasy Master Form: 551-38
8y
130 lbs
Robert Havlin
Robert Cowell
70 13/2
7
Aspull Form: 9-0605
4y
125 lbs
Connor Planas
Phil McEntee
65 33/1
6
Beauzon Form: 116000
7y
124 lbs
Paddy Bradley
Ian Williams
64 66/1
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RACING POST VERDICT

Maelstrom heads the field narrowly on these ratings, though the closeness of the pack behind — Tiva, Lara Antipova and Diomed Duke all within five pounds — means the race is genuinely open, and on a sharp five furlongs at Newmarket's July course any one of that trio could overturn the slim advantage on the day. The good-to-firm ground should suit speedier types throughout, and Maelstrom will need to be at his best to repel those dangers. Our selection is Maelstrom.

Racing Post Pick
Maelstrom