Darley Dewhurst Stakes
Group 1, Newmarket 15:00
£500,000 guaranteed,
2yo only,
7f, Class 1   
Saturday 11th October 2025

Explicitly targeted by connections

  • Zavateri (Eve Johnson Houghton) — Owner Mick Mariscotti: “the major target this year very definitely is the Dewhurst”; trainer also floated National Stakes → Dewhurst as the likely path. TDNRacing TV

  • Saba Desert (Charlie Appleby / Godolphin) — Appleby after the Superlative Stakes: National Stakes next, “hopefully on to a Dewhurst Stakes.” The Guardian also reported Appleby would “work back from the Dewhurst” with him. GodolphinThe Guardian

Prominent in ante-post markets / entries (often flagged as “heading for” by layers & racecards)

These aren’t firm targets, but they’re actively quoted/entered for the Dewhurst and widely talked about as possibles:

  • Decem Starr — Timeform have a racecard up, listing Decem Starr as favourite on their page. 

  • A Boy Named Susie — Appears across multiple ante-post lists/odds compilations for the Dewhurst. Irish Racingracing-odds.compaddypower.com

  • Geryon, Andab, North Coast, Cape Ashizuri, Hankelow, Distant Storm, Do Or Do Not, Benvenuto Cellini, Circle Of Life — among other names showing on current fixed-odds ante-post boards. (Typical live board snapshot example.) PokerStars

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Dubai Dewhurst Stakes (Group 1)
£500,000 guaranteed, 2yo only, 7f, Class 1
52 entries
Going:

NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY (form as of Aug 21)
1 1122 A Bit Of Spirit 2 9-3 Clive Cox
2 1 A Boy Named Susie 2 9-3 Donnacha O'Brien
3 31 Action 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
4    Alderman 2 9-3 Richard Hannon
5 1 Alparslan 2 9-3 K R Burke
6 1 Amadeus Mozart 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
7 11 Amakhala Warrior 2 9-3 William Knight
8 1 Ancient Egypt 2 9-3 Charlie Johnston
9 13462 Andab 2 9-3 Joseph O'Brien
10 21 Benvenuto Cellini 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
11 142 Brussels 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
12 1 Cape Ashizuri 2 9-3 John & Sean Quinn
13    Circle Of Life 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
14 21 Constitution River 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
15 8 Dartrey 2 9-3 Ralph Beckett
16 113 Daytona 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
17    Decem Starr 2 9-3 Jack Jones
18 13 Distant Storm 2 9-3 Charlie Appleby
19 02223 Do Or Do Not 2 9-3 Ed Walker
20 215 Dorset 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
21 526 Evanesco 2 9-3 Charlie Johnston
22    Fort Rock 2 9-3 Charlie Appleby
23 52 Frescobaldi 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
24 1 Geryon 2 9-3 G M Lyons
25 11 Gewan 2 9-3 Andrew Balding
26 4 Go Just Do It 2 9-3 Joseph O'Brien
27 11 Gstaad 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
28 1 Hankelow 2 9-3 K R Burke
29 5 Hawk Mountain 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
30 122 Italy 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
31 4 King Of Thunder 2 9-3 Hugo Palmer
32 4 Law Court 2 9-3 Richard Hannon
33 515 May Angel 2 9-3 John & Thady Gosden
34 31 Montreal 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
35 7121 Morris Dancer 2 9-3 John & Thady Gosden
36 282 Naval Light 2 9-3 K R Burke
37 871 Neolithic 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
38 71 New Zealand 8 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
39 3121 North Coast 2 9-3 Joseph O'Brien
40 51 Oxagon 2 9-3 John & Thady Gosden
41 1 Pacific Avenue 2 9-3 Charlie Appleby
42 132531 Power Blue 2 9-3 Adrian Murray
43 1 Protection Act 2 9-3 George Boughey
44 21 Publish 2 9-3 John & Thady Gosden
45 42224 Puerto Rico 2 9-3 A P O'Brien
46 11 Saba Desert 2 9-3 Charlie Appleby
47 63 Siren Suit 2 9-3 John & Thady Gosden
48    Skiathos 2 9-3 K R Burke
49 2211 Time To Turn 2 9-3 Charlie Appleby
50 632 Wechaad 2 9-3 Roger Varian
51 123 Wild Desert 2 9-3 Charlie Appleby
52 111 Zavateri 2 9-3 Eve Johnson Houghton