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title: "Ashton Heath Handicap Result: Pellitory 3/1 as Moonshine Refuses"
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author: "Adam Markin"
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published: "2026-08-08T16:16:00Z"
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# Ashton Heath Handicap Result: Pellitory 3/1 as Moonshine Refuses

Pellitory (3/1) took the 3:34 Betway Ashton Heath Handicap (Class 3, 7f) at Haydock by 3¾ lengths for Daniel Tudhope and David O’Meara – but the story for punters was Moonshine, the morning 15/8 favourite and a leg of our preview accumulator, who planted herself at the start and refused to race.

| Pos | Horse | Jockey | SP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1st | Pellitory | Daniel Tudhope | 3/1 |
| 2nd | Crimson Spirit | Tom Marquand | 5/2f |
| 3rd | Christian David | Sean Levey | 3/1 |
| 4th | Yanifer | Oliver McSweeney | 12/1 |

Distances: 3¾ lengths, ¾ length, 2 lengths. Six ran; Wechaad was a non-runner. Time: 1m 27.53s. Going: good, good to firm in places.

## The Race Story

With the well-backed Moonshine taking no part, the complexion changed before a yard had been run. Tudhope, completing a fine afternoon’s work for the O’Meara yard, had Pellitory handy on the favoured side, kicked for home over a furlong out and put the race to bed in a matter of strides.

Crimson Spirit, sent off the 5/2 favourite in Moonshine’s absence from the betting’s front rank, chased him home without ever landing a blow – a near-miss for the Kubler yard that would be avenged within six minutes at Newmarket. Christian David ran on for third ahead of Yanifer. For anyone holding ante-post slips on Moonshine, the money went with her under starter’s orders: bets lost, no run, no refund.

## Tipster Accountability

Our [Haydock preview](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/08/08/haydock-races-today-tips/) made Moonshine the verdict and the final leg of its 15/1 four-timer – a bet that was already dead after Brighton View’s defeat in the 1:50 and Fallen Angel’s flop in the Dick Hern, and is now buried. The preview’s value poke New Image was never sighted. None of the tracked tipsters in [today’s tipster review](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/08/08/tipster-review-templegate-kealy-oddschecker-day-one/) had a bet in the race.

## Looking Ahead

Haydock’s finale, the 5:10 Betway Apprentice Handicap, sees the preview side with Suggy (13/8 in the morning) to “sign off the card for the getting-out stakes” on his first try on turf, with Phantom Watch the main danger at 9/2. Earlier Haydock results, including [Calendar Girl’s shock in the Dick Hern Stakes](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/08/08/dick-hern-stakes-result-calendar-girl/), are on the site now.