On a day full of group races here in Surrey, here we will take a look at one of the undercard races in the form of The Don\u2019s Plastered Cup (G2), which will be held at the marathon distance of two miles. The Group II race is open to three-year-olds and up. The total purse for the race will be $375,000. The track this weekend has come up as firm and drawn a total of seven horses to the gate. Let\u2019s take a look through this year\u2019s contenders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drawing the inside rail, the Kentucky bred son of Twirling Candy is making his twenty-first career start and has earned just over a million dollars in lifetime earnings. His most recent start came last month in Germany during The Rennen Classic (G3) at a mile and a quarter. Stalking the pace early in third, the horse would fade back midway through the race before ultimately crossing the wire in eighth, setting a speed figure of one hundred eight. He saw his most recent win in May in the United States over the same distance in the Movieland Turf Cup (G1). He took this race from gate to wire, winning by a length and a half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Classic George (FR)<\/strong> – lostkey8 \u2013 K. Ledwith \u2013 7\/2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Making his Group stakes debut this weekend, the five-year-old son of Wootton Basset made his most recent start last month during an allowance race over twelve and a half furlongs in Italy over a course rated as good. Out of the gate in eighth, the gelding never seemed to find his footing in the race and would cross the wire ninth, setting a speed figure of one hundred one. His most recent win was over a yielding course during another allowance race, this time over ten furlongs in France. More forwardly placed in this race, setting into fourth out of the gate, the gelding started to challenge other runners midway through the race and would go on to win going away by eleven and three-quarter lengths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Tovar (AUS)<\/strong> – albarrado \u2013 A. Edwards \u2013 9\/1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bred in Australia, the six-year-old light grey gelding is sired by Justify and has made most of his starts over the dirt. His most recent start was last month in Denmark during an allowance race over a mile. Out of the gate in twelfth, the gelding never managed to make much headway in the race as he would cross the wire where he started while recording a speed figure of ninety-two. His most recent win was in July of last year during a listed stakes race at sixteen furlongs in the United States. Off the pace in eighth, he would start advancing on other contender’s midway through the race before going on to win by three and three-quarter lengths. The gelding is no stranger to the turf, but hasn\u2019t started over the surface since September of 2022 during a maiden race in which he would finish sixth as a three-year-old. The gelding has started in two Group races, both over the dirt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Platinadragun (SAF)<\/strong> – veeman33 \u2013 B. Doherty \u2013 3\/1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rising from the claiming ranks, this South African-bred bred five-year-old gelding is by Danon Platina. The light grey gelding is a Group three winner and has most recently started in July during the Copenhagen Marathon at fifteen and a half furlongs in Denmark. In third out of the gate, the gelding would get shuffled back to fifth in the stretch as he recorded a speed figure of one hundred four. The most recent victory for the gelding was in October of last year in Sweden during The Two Mile Classic (G3). The gelding took the marathon race wire to wire, winning by seven convincingly and setting a speed figure of one hundred ten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Deep Bonelight (IRE)<\/strong> – ksparrow10 \u2013 J. Sands \u2013 5\/1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the older horses in the field at six years of age, the gelding will be making his thirty-fifth career start this weekend. Sired by Earthlight (IRE), the Irish-bred gelding most recently started in July in Denmark during the Copenhagen Marathon (G3) at a mile and fifteen sixteenths. The gelding leapt out of the gate into fourth, stalking the pace early. He would get caught by closers in the stretch however and would fade back to cross the wire in seventh, setting a speed figure of ninety-five. His most recent win was this past April in Australia during the listed stakes and residency sponsored DUR 2025 Sydney Autumn Carnival \u2013 Sydney Cup. The gelding took the field from gate to wire in the race, winning by half a length. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Golden Chap (GB)<\/strong> – zeeend6 \u2013 GD Mate \u2013 5\/1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeking out his first Group win, the five-year-old horse most recently started last month during a listed stakes race over sixteen furlongs in Spain. Off the pace in ninth out of the gate, he would drop back to tenth midway through the race before being asked to make a bad as the field neared the stretch. He would get up to cross the wire in fourth, setting a speed figure of one hundred one. Prior to this the horse would also finish fourth in his most recent group race, The Second Henry (G2) in Berkshire over the same distance. His most recent win was in December of last year during an allowance race over the same distance in Ireland. Sixth out of the gate, he\u2019d taken over the pace midway through the race and went on to win by thirteen and three-quarter lengths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Still Gushing (IRE)<\/strong> – balata \u2013 Q. Cassell \u2013 15\/1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n With just five lifetime starts, this five-year-old horse is one of the more inexperienced starters for this weekend\u2019s race. The son of Sea The Stars will also be making his group stakes debut, though he has plenty of pedigree to back up his group start; the horse is out of the End Of Year and Horse Of The Year winning dam Gushing<\/em>. The horse most recently started last month in an allowance race over sixteen furlongs in Ireland. He was well off the pace at the start, settling into tenth out of the starting gate. He would be urged to challenge midway through the race and would show a tremendous turn of foot in the stretch as he went on to win by a dominating twenty-three lengths while setting a speed figure of one hundred seven, a lifetime best for the horse. He would also win his prior start, when he broke his maiden at ten furlongs this past July. He will be going off as the longshot at post time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Flrancho\u2019s Picks:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Win: Candy Boys (KY) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Place: Platinadragun (SAF) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Show: Still Gushing (IRE) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On a day full of group races here in Surrey, here we will take a look at one of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[405,404],"class_list":["post-72090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","tag-dons-plastered-cup","tag-the-dons-plastered-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72090"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72096,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72090\/revisions\/72096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}