| What | Ascot races |
| Where | Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104 |
| When | Saturday, February 22, 2025 |
| First Race | 12:28pm AWST |
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The Listed Detonator Stakes and Challenge Stakes will headline the nine-race card at Ascot on Saturday afternoon, where the first race is scheduled to jump at 12:28pm AWST. Although the track was rated as a Soft 5 at the time of acceptances, no rain is forecast to fall before raceday, allowing the surface to improve into the Good range. The rail will be in the +3m position for the entire circuit.
Detonator Stakes tip: Bonjoy
Bonjoy brought up a hat-trick of wins with another strong victory over 1600m at this track on February 1. The Jason Miller-trained mare showed her customary push button turn of foot to storm home over the top of Antique Miss in the final 100m of the race. Even though this will be her first crack at 1800m, it is expected that Bonjoy will have no worries seeing out the journey, and +100 with Dabble is a fair price.
Detonator Stakes
Race 8 – 
#6 Bonjoy (10)
5yo Mare | T: Jason Miller | J: Clint Johnston-Porter (55.5kg)
Challenge Stakes tip: All Grunt
After stretching out to 1400m for the first time in his career last start, All Grunt goes on top in the second feature. The Tiarnna Noske-trained gelding settled worse than midfield and ran home strongly down the middle of the track to bring up his third win in four starts. From barrier six, Jarrad Noske will attempt to replicate his ride on All Grunt from the back of the field and finish over the top of their rivals late.
Challenge Stakes
Race 7 – 
#2 All Grunt (6)
3yo Gelding | T: Tiarnna Noske | J: Jarrad Noske (56kg)
Best Bet at Ascot: Essentric Nature
Grant & Alana Williams have engaged William Pike to take the reins aboard Essentric Nature, who was a little unlucky when stuck behind traffic over 1200m last start. The son of Savabeel proved way too good for his rivals first-up before finishing fourth second-up. Rising to 1500m and gaining the services of Pike for this third-up start are two positives for Essentric Nature, and with even luck, he will bounce back.
Best Bet
Race 6 – 
#6 Essentric Nature (8)
4yo Gelding | T: Grant & Alana Williams | J: William Pike (56kg)
Next Best at Ascot: Axeman’s Jazz
Axeman’s Jazz returned with a stylish win over 1400m at this track on January 22, when the Grant & Alana Williams-trained gelding let down with a strong turn of foot to defeat Missile Storm. The son of Dundeel has won back-to-back starts and is starting to build a solid record after just seven runs. The rise to 1600m off a four-week break looks like the perfect recipe for success, and Axeman’s Jazz gets a great opportunity to bring up the hat-trick.
Next Best
Race 5 – 
#4 Axeman’s Jazz (5)
5yo Gelding | T: Grant & Alana Williams | J: Clint Johnston-Porter (58kg)
Saturday quaddie tips for Ascot races
Ascot quadrella selections
Saturday, February 22, 2025
- 5-6-8
- 1-2-6-8-9
- 6-7-12
- 2-4-6-7
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