| R3 GB - NEWMARKET (ROWLEY) | 14 April 2021 |
| bet365 European Free Handicap (Listed) LR 3 HCP ($63,290), 1408m 1:24.79 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 3. TACTICAL (GB) 3yo Gelding | ANDREW BALDING OISIN MURPHY | 59.5 $6.00 | |||||||
| TORONADO (IRE) - MAKE FAST (GB) | ||||||||||
| N O'KEEFFE | 2nd | 2. NAVAL CROWN (GB) 3yo Colt | C APPLEBY WILLIAM BUICK | 60.0 $3.00 | ||||||
| DUBAWI (IRE) - COME ALIVE (GB) | ||||||||||
| GODOLPHIN | 3rd | 1. ONTARIO (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN RYAN MOORE | 60.5 $8.00 | ||||||
| GALILEO (IRE) - TIMBUKTU (IRE) | ||||||||||
| MRS JOHN MAGNIER & MICHAEL TABOR & DERRICK SMITH | ||||||||||
| 4th | 6. LEGAL ATTACK (GB) 3yo Gelding | SIMON & ED CRISFORD JAMES DOYLE | 56.0 $7.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 4. ROYAL SCIMITAR (IRE) 3yo Gelding | C G COX ADAM KIRBY | 57.5 $6.50 | |||||||
| 6th | 7. PERCY'S LAD (GB) 3yo Gelding | EVE JOHNSON HOUGHTON CHARLES BISHOP | 56.0 $9.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 5. DARK LION (IRE) 3yo Gelding | ROGER VARIAN DAVID EGAN | 56.0 $11.00 | |||||||
Tactical set up a return to Royal Ascot as he provided the Queen with a poignant winner in the 2021 bet365 European Free Handicap at Newmarket. Successful at the Royal meeting last season, the Andrew Balding-trained Toronado colt had questions to answer as his form had tailed off last year, but he bounced back in style.
