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17:04 Southwell (AW) Thu 06 Aug 2026 1m14y Class 6 Good 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Distillation silks

Distillation

MEDIUM Advised 6/4 Est. 32%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Distillation (SR:64, 6/4) is the clear ability leader in this Class 6 field — a 9-point SR gap over the next-best runner (Singarda, SR:55) is significant at this level. The GoingFit:+ confirms proven effectiveness on good ground, and the form string 0-9241 shows a last-time-out win that puts the horse in career-best form. Robert Havlin's 14% strike rate adds further confidence in the booking. The 7% drift from the morning line is a mild concern, but in a field this weak the SR advantage and going suitability outweigh that negative signal — no rival combines multiple positive signals to the same degree. Each-way alternative: Hear The Drums. Main danger: Hear The Drums — Hear The Drums (SR:50, 8/1) has steamed 12% in the market — meaningful support for a horse dropping into Class 6 with Oisin Orr booked and a 13% jockey strike rate, suggesting connections believe it is capable of better than its recent form figure of 7 implies.

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Full result

Winner: Hear The Drums (GB) at SP 11/4J. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Hear The Drums silks Hear The Drums Fox #2 Richard & Peter Fahey · Oisin Orr 4/1
  2. 2 Miss Mambo silks Miss Mambo Gay Kelleway · Jack Callan 8/1
  3. 3 Soda silks Soda Gemma Tutty · Connor Beasley 14/1
  4. 4 Singarda silks Singarda Fox #3 Tony Coyle & Kaine Wood · David Nolan 6/1
  5. 5 Distillation silks Distillation Fox #1 Mark Usher · Robert Havlin 13/8
  6. 6 Go Teejay silks Go Teejay Craig Lidster · Alex Jary(3) 40/1
  7. 7 Mist of Time silks Mist of Time William Knight · Luke Morris 16/1
  8. 8 Retro Rocket silks Retro Rocket Martin Keighley · Harry Vigors(5) 33/1
  9. 9 Athenian Spirit silks Athenian Spirit Georgina Nicholls · Pierre-Louis Jamin 12/1
  10. 10 Lady Fizz silks Lady Fizz Ismail Mohammed & Jose Santos · Dominique Van Der Kraats(7) 11/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Distillation silks Distillation 6/4 5TH
  2. 2 Hear The Drums silks Hear The Drums 8/1 SP 11/4J 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Singarda silks Singarda 5/1 🏁 4TH