Betfred Park Stakes
Group 2, Doncaster 15:00
£140,000 guaranteed,
3yo plus,
7f 6y, Class 1    
Saturday 13th September 2025

1 Marvelman 13/2
2 King's Gamble 20/1
3 Audience 6/1
11 ran Distances: 3¾l, nse, 1l
Time: 1m 24.72s (slow by 1.62s)

Oisin Murphy’s golden run on Town Moor just keeps on rolling—this time Marvelman was the willing partner, surging clear to dominate in style.

Murphy, fresh from four Friday winners and already on the scoresheet in Saturday’s opener, was brimming with confidence on Andrew Balding’s 13-2 contender. Settled in behind the pace through the early exchanges, Marvelman cruised into contention before gliding past long-time leader Quinault with two furlongs left. From there, he simply stretched away, bounding three and three-quarter lengths clear in this Group Two test, with King’s Gamble finishing second and Audience third.

In contrast, Shadow Of Light—the Group One-winning 5-4 favourite—never landed a blow, pulling hard in the early going and offering little when the tempo lifted.

Balding was full of praise for his revitalised charge: “He’s really found his spark of late and was impressive today.

“He’s generally very consistent and never disappoints, apart from when we really fancied him in the Jersey at Royal Ascot – his owners came over from Australia to watch him that day, too!

“The owners have been very patient and it’s paid off today.

“He’s run some good races on fast ground, but he’s handled that bit of cut very well today.”

Looking ahead, Balding outlined the next target: “We’ll probably head to the Challenge Stakes at Newmarket with a penalty.”

Murphy, tightening his grip on the champion jockey crown, reflected on the ride and the horse’s recent upswing: “His work has gone to a new level in recent weeks since Newbury and we thought he’d be fine on that ground.

“We got a good tow into it and he hit the line well.

“We went a nice even pace, not flat to the boards like Quinault sometimes can do, as this ground can be tiring and I realised early it might take a bit of getting, but he powered clear for pressure.”

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Betfred Park Stakes
£140,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 7f 6y, Class 1
11 ran
Going: Soft

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (2)    Marvelman 3 9-2 Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy 13/2
2 (9) 3¾ King's Gamble 4 9-6 Ralph Beckett Rossa Ryan 20/1
3 (3) nse Audience 6 9-6 John & Thady Gosden Robert Havlin 6/1
4 (7) 1 Zoum Zoum 4 9-6 Ralph Beckett Hector Crouch 25/1
5 (6) 1¾ Quinault 5 9-6 Stuart Williams Marco Ghiani 16/1
6 (4) 1¾ Devil's Point 4 9-6 David Menuisier Colin Keane 50/1
7 (8) 2½ Room Service 4 9-6 Kevin Ryan Tom Eaves 8/1
8 (11) ¾ Ten Bob Tony 4 9-6 Ed Walker Kieran Shoemark 11/2
9 (5) 1½ Shadow Of Light 3 9-2 Charlie Appleby Billy Loughnane 5/4F
10 (10) 7 East Hampton 3 9-2 David Marnane Oisin Orr 33/1
11 (1) 15 Zabeel Alkabeir 3 9-2 James Tate Tom Marquand 66/1

RECENT WINNERS
Year Horse Trainer Jockey Owner SP

2024 Kinross
2023 Sandrine
2022 Kinross
2021 Glorious Journey
2020 Wichita
2019 Sir Dancealot
2018 Mustashry
2017 Aclaim
2016 Breton Rock D M Simcock Andrea Atzeni Mr John Cook 7/2
2015 Limato H Candy Andrea Atzeni Paul G Jacobs 9/2 fav
2014 Ansgar Miss S J Harty James Doyle Ms Chynel Phelan & Shane Fox 7/2
2013 Viztoria Eddie Lynam Wayne Lordan Sheila Lavery 7/2
2012 Libranno Richard Hannon Kieren Fallon McDowell Racing 16/1
2011 Premio Loco Chris Wall George Baker Bernard Westley 15/8 fav
2010 Balthazaar’s Gift Clive Cox Philip Robinson H E Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan 16/1
2009 Duff Edward Lynam IRE Fran Berry Kilboy Estate 7/1
2008 Arabian Gleam Jeremy Noseda Johnny Murtagh Saeed Suhail 9/1
2007 Arabian Gleam Jeremy Noseda Johnny Murtagh Saeed Suhail 5/2
2006 Iffraaj Saeed bin Suroor Frankie Dettori Godolphin 4/6 fav
2005 Iffraaj Michael Jarvis Philip Robinson Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum 7/1
2004 Pastoral Pursuits Hughie Morrison Steve Drowne The Pursuits Partnership 5/1
2003 Polar Ben James Fanshawe Jamie Spencer Simon Gibson 5/1
2002 Duck Row James Toller Richard Hughes Duke Of Devonshire 8/1
2001 Tough Speed Sir Michael Stoute Kieren Fallon Saeed Suhail 6/1
2000 Distant Music Barry Hills Michael Hills Khalid Abdullah 4/1
1999 Sugarfoot Nigel Tinkler Pat Eddery Mrs D Wright 15/2