Who won the 15:05 Ascot on 18 June 2026?
Enceladus (IRE) won the 15:05 Ascot at SP 8.00. Ridden by Ryan Moore. Trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien.
15:05 Ascot
King George V Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)
1m4f · Flat · Class 2 · Good To Firm · 19 runners · £61,848 · Thursday, 18 June 2026
Result
AI top pick finished 4thRace report
- 1stEnceladus (IRE)Ryan Moore·Joseph Patrick O'Brien7/1·8.00SP
- 2ndAl Azd (IRE)Cieren Fallon·Roger Varian·beaten .5 lengths11/1·12.00SP
- 3rdBelieved (IRE)Oisin Murphy·J P Murtagh·beaten 0.2 lengths14/1·15.00SP
Race time
2m 29.74s+0.04s vs std
On standard — typical pace for the course/distance.
AI top-rated Heyzoom (score 73.0) finished 4th.
Settled · 1pt level stake = 6.00 pt return on the winnerTipping P&L →
Furlong's verdict
Reading the form…
AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.
Pundit corner
Racing Post · third-partyPundit pick: Joulany
Joulany arrives here with a strong form profile built on consistent improvement, his latest run in an elite maiden seeing him finish just behind a horse who subsequently ran with great credit in the Derby — form that reads significantly better with hindsight. He has already demonstrated he can handle a quick surface over this exact trip, which gives him an important edge over several rivals for whom this distance or ground remains untested, and the application of a tongue-tie and gelding operation suggest connections are readying him for a career-best effort. Tierra Del Toro, Al Azd and Enceladus all hold legitimate claims — the last of those carrying a notable booking and looking interesting on breeding over the mile and a half — but none matches Joulany on our figures, where he sits a clear ten pounds clear of the field. **Joulany** is our selection.
Editorial from Racing Post analysts via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha. Formbook forecast prices are estimates, not market prices.
Why the model rates this top
Heyzoom
Saffie Osborne · Owen Burrows · 3yo
Top-rated of 19
score 73.0 · +3.7 clear of next best (69.4)
Scores compare runners within this race only
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Trainer20% weight95small sample (n=8)Owen Burrows: 3/8 winners last 14d (38%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
- Form20% weight86very strongLast 6: 3-2-1
- Freshness10% weight85very strong34d since last run (fresh)
- Ratings50% weight57averageOR 85
MarketNo market price available yet.
v1.3 rating — a field-relative score, not a win probability; for market-derived value see the Fair column in the runners table. Weights and method on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.
Draw bias — Ascot 1m4f
full course data →Moderate: middle favoured (IV 1.18).
Low (1–8)
IV 0.75
Mid (9–15)
IV 1.18
High (16–22)
IV 1.11
Today: Al Azd (draw 14) and Into The Light (draw 11) get the bias; Heyzoom (draw 7) is in the least-favoured band.
IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 78 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
Runners · sorted by finishing position
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | J: Ryan Moore · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien · draw 13 3yo · C · b | 331 | 89 | 61.7 | 7/1·8.00 SP |
| 2 | 5 | J: Cieren Fallon · T: Roger Varian · draw 14 3yo · G · chb | 222116 | 92 | 68.8 | 11/1·12.00 SP |
| 3 | 11 | J: Oisin Murphy · T: J P Murtagh · draw 4 3yo · F · bh | 421 | 88 | 60.0 | 14/1·15.00 SP |
| 4 | 17 | J: Saffie Osborne · T: Owen Burrows · draw 7 3yo · C · b | 321 | 85 | 73.0 | 6/1·7.00 SP |
| 5 | 16 | J: Rowan Scott · T: Dylan Cunha · draw 20 3yo · C · b | 5111 | 85 | 57.4 | 16/1·17.00 SP |
| 6 | 18 | J: Pierre-Louis Jamin · T: K R Burke · draw 16 3yo · G · b | 41131 | 85 | 64.5 | 22/1·23.00 SP |
| 7 | 14 | J: Zac Lloyd · T: George Boughey · draw 12 3yo · G · chp | 62222 | 86 | 55.5 | 20/1·21.00 SP |
| 8 | 1 | J: Billy Loughnane · T: John & Thady Gosden · draw 15 3yo · C · bbFT B | 137 | 100 | 60.2 | 33/1·34.00 SP |
| 9 | 2 | J: James Doyle · T: Ralph Beckett · draw 10 3yo · G · b | 2123 | 97 | 63.4 | 10/1·11.00 SP |
| 10 | 4 | J: David Egan · T: Jane Chapple-Hyam · draw 5 3yo · C · ch | 115 | 93 | 56.5 | 50/1·51.00 SP |
| 11 | 12 | J: William Buick · T: Charlie Appleby · draw 11 3yo · C · b | 122 | 88 | 65.2 | 4/1·5.00 SP |
| 12 | 13 | J: Kieran Shoemark · T: Ed Walker · draw 22 3yo · C · b | 416 | 87 | 58.7 | 14/1·15.00 SP |
| 13 | 9 | J: James McDonald · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien · draw 8 3yo · C · bt | 1442 | 89 | 58.4 | 28/1·29.00 SP |
| 14 | 3 | J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien · draw 21 3yo · C · b | 221 | 95 | 65.5 | 7/2F·4.50 SP |
| 15 | 8 | J: Tom Marquand · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien · draw 6 3yo · C · grtFT T | 331 | 89 | 61.7 | 22/1·23.00 SP |
| 16 | 7 | J: Rossa Ryan · T: Charlie Johnston · draw 9 3yo · F · b | 10259 | 90 | 52.5 | 80/1·81.00 SP |
| 17 | 15 | J: Colin Keane · T: G M Lyons · draw 1 3yo · G · b | 35421 | 86 | 69.4 | 40/1·41.00 SP |
| 18 | 19 | J: Lewis Edmunds · T: William Muir & Chris Grassick · draw 3 3yo · C · b | 842 | 85 | 49.5 | 80/1·81.00 SP |
| 19 | 6 | J: Hector Crouch · T: Ralph Beckett · draw 2 3yo · G · brtFT T | 2432 | 91 | 59.5 | 18/1·19.00 SP |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 15:05 Ascot?
No — the AI top pick (Heyzoom) finished 4.
What were the placings in the 15:05 Ascot?
Top finishers: 1. Enceladus (IRE) (8.00), 2. Al Azd (IRE) (12.00), 3. Believed (IRE) (15.00).
What was the winning time for the 15:05 Ascot?
The winning time was 2m 29.74s, on standard time.
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