Devoirs Delivered: A Victory in style at Newbury

Devoirs Choice continues his upward trend this season after securing a decisive win at Newbury on Thursday in the LPG & Lettings Hub Handicap over his preferred 1 Mile trip for the Ed Walker team. 

Under an exquisite ride from Tom Marquand, DEVOIRS CHOICE led throughout the early stages of the race and despite being headed 5 furlongs out by a number of well supported challengers, remained on the bridle to deliver a burst of speed in the final stages, winning comfortably in what is his second success on the bounce. 

He looks as if he still has plenty left in the tank, and we are confident he will continue his progressive profile in his upcoming races. 

Time Form Review

Time: 98.70s Closing Sectional: (4.00f): 0.00s


DEVOIRS CHOICE (IRE) improved again to follow up from Redcar, suited by the sound gallop kept to this trip; prominent, effort 2f out, edged ahead approaching final 1f, kept on, showed a good attitude; he'll only get another small rise in the weights for this and should continue to give a good account.


A fairly useful handicap that was soundly run and looks good form, 3-y-os filling 4 of the first 5 places, the winner and third going the right way and sure to remain of plenty of interest, whilst another from that age group further down the field, Rogue Encore, was much better than the bare result and is another to keep an eye on.