Glasgow Stakes: guide and predicted finishing order

Hamilton stages one of its most valuable fixtures of the season on Friday, with highlights including the The G4 Claims Scottish Stewards’ Cup plus the British Stallion Studs EBF Glasgow Stakes, the track’s highest-grade race of the year.

Postponed (2014), Defoe (2017), Subjectivist (2020) and Kalpana (2024) have taken the spoils in the Glasgow Stakes before going on to scale the heights.

Once the racing has finished, multi award-winning Scottish band Skerryvore will take to the stage. But who will be the big noise in the Glasgow Stakes? Here’s a guide to the seven runners. 

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Official Rating: 99. Odds: 4-1. 

Unraced at two, he has quickly made up into a useful performer this year, winning at Wetherby and Salisbury before failing to make an impact in the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot. The combination of being anchored in rear in a steadily-run race, on firm ground, almost certainly didn’t help him at the Royal Meeting, and as a son of Lope De Vega he promises to enjoy the easier ground he will encounter here. 

Official Rating: 103. Odds: 7-1. 

Did not look anything out of the ordinary when beaten in his first three races last year, but he’s since improved in chunks, finishing third in the Dee Stakes before being fifth to Trinity College (has since gone close in Group One company) in the Hampton Court Stakes. He’s proven away from fast ground and should again give his running, although others are open to more improvement. 

Official Rating: 95. Odds: 6-4. 

Made a hugely taking debut when swooping from off the pace to score at Wolverhampton over 9f in late May and was not extended to follow up at cramped odds at Windsor last time. 

Only tenth with two furlongs to run at Wolverhampton, he then clocked 11.35sec and 10.98sec in the final two furlongs. His finish was rapid, and consequently the RaceiQ Time Index was 9 out of 10, compared to a meeting average of 7.2. 

The runner-up, Cajole, has franked the form, too, subsequently finishing second in the Sandringham Stakes plus a Listed contest won by Blue Bolt at Sandown. 

His future entries include the Juddmonte International, although slower going is an unknown for him. 

Official Rating: 96. Odds: 6-1. 

I doubt there has been many easier winners of the Cumberland Plate, which is traditionally one of Carlisle’s most competitive handicaps of the year. 

Rogue Millions had things under control some way out and eased home by four lengths, clocking fast sectionals for the final three furlongs despite only seeming to be in second gear. The runner-up has since gone one better, too. 

This is a tougher assignment, but the Dubawi colt coped well with the soft ground at Carlisle and his ability to stay a bit further will also serve him well on this stiff track. He’s Luke Morris’s only ride at the meeting. 

Official Rating: 108. Odds: 11-2. 

He’s officially the highest-rated in the line-up, courtesy of his exploits as a two-year-old last season, when he signed off with a decisive Listed success in the mud at Chantilly. 

The gelding was not unfancied for his reappearance in the Chester Vase but he ran poorly, albeit he was up against Lambourn and Lazy Griff. 

Given ten weeks off and dropped back in trip, we may see a different horse this time. His rating may be a bit of a red herring, though, and connections clearly believe the trip was not the problem at Chester, given his future entries include the Irish St Leger. 

Official Rating: --. Odds: 100-1. 

Has shown some ability in his races at Carlisle and Hamilton this year, but he looks out of his depth in this company. 

Official Rating: 98. Odds: 5-1. 

Andrew Balding took the spoils with Kalpana last year, and she went on to land the Fillies & Mares at Ascot on Champions Day. 

He relies on another filly here, in Secret Of Love, but she does not look in the same league. 

She might not need to be, of course, and her length second to Minni Hauk in the Cheshire Oaks clearly makes her of interest, for all that the winner stepped up massively when subsequently landing the Oaks. 

By contrast, Secret Of Love seemed to go backwards in France last time, for all that she ran out of puff upped to 1m 4f. 

Dropping back in trip makes sense, and she coped well with bad ground at Newmarket last autumn. 

If there’s a future top-notcher in the field, then it’s probably NAHRAAN, and he’s seductive after that Wolverhampton success, for all that underfoot conditions will ask a new question. 

ROGUE MILLIONS, who won easily on soft going at Carlisle last time, looks well worth his place in this better grade and is feared most. 

1 NAHRAAN. 2 ROGUE MILLIONS. 3 ARABIAN FORCE. 4 SECRET OF LOVE. 5 GREAT DAVID. 6  SQUARE D’ALBONI. 7 TIERNAN