Betfred 'Follow Us On X' Handicap Stakes

17:48 Epsom Fri 14 Aug 2026 0m7f3y Class 5 Good to Firm 9 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Spacewoman

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/2 Est. 32%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Spacewoman (SR 76, 9/2) is the highest-rated runner in the field and carries the lightest weight among the three-year-olds at 9-5, giving her a meaningful pounds advantage over Eyes Front (SR 73, 9-8) and Ice Cube (SR 73, 9-4 but drifting 19%). Both DistFit:+ and GoingFit:+ confirm she has proven ability at this trip and on good-to-firm ground specifically — the only runner with both flags confirmed positive. The market has shortened 18% since opening, signalling informed confidence, and Henry Candy (14% strike rate, 70 runners) with Hector Crouch (17% SR, 800 runners) is a sharp combination. The recent form of 85135 shows progressive improvement culminating in a win, and running off MarkMv:+3 is a modest enough rise not to be punishing. Each-way alternative: Eyes Front. Main danger: Eyes Front — Eyes Front (SR 73, 4/1) has course form (W1P1) and a last-time-out win on a progressive form line of 555541, and while stepping up in class (ClassMv:↑1), the weight differential of only 3lb over Spacewoman at a track where course specialists regularly outperform makes him a genuine threat.

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Full result

Winner: Play Me (GB) at SP 14/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Play Me Jim Boyle · Donagh Murphy(7) 16/1
2 Red Mirage Fox #4 John & Sean Quinn · Jason Hart 15/2
3 Spacewoman Fox #1 Henry Candy · Hector Crouch 9/2
4 Ice Cube Fox #3 Richard Spencer · Charles Bishop 7/2
5 Eyes Front Fox #2 Edward Smyth-Osbourne · Alistair Rawlinson 9/2
6 Ararat Rachel Cook & John Bridger · David Probert 14/1
7 Freddie's Star Roger Teal · Ashley Lewis(3) 11/1
8 King Of War Michael Wigham · J F Egan 11/1
9 A La Noche Oliver Cole · Pat Cosgrave 5/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Spacewoman 9/2 🥉 3RD
2 Eyes Front 4/1 5TH
3 Ice Cube 5/2 🏁 4TH
4 Red Mirage 13/2 🥈 2ND