Raceday Ready With Meadowhall Handicap Stakes

17:20 Doncaster Sat 15 Aug 2026 1m6f115y Class 6 Good to Firm 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Sound Gloria

SPECULATIVE Advised 10/11 Est. 38%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Sound Gloria (SR 62, 10/11) is the clear class leader in this modest Class 6 field — her SR of 62 sits 2 points clear of Is She Now (SR 60) and miles ahead of the rest. Crucially, her form string 0-7731 shows a sharp upward trajectory culminating in a win last time out, and Roger Varian's yard (20% strike rate, 655 runners) is the strongest training operation in the race by some margin, paired with Jack Mitchell (13%, 895 runners) — a professional booking that outclasses every other jockey here. The market has shortened 7% since opening, confirming money is coming in despite a MarkMv:+5 concern, and at 10/11 the implied probability (~48%) feels roughly right given her SR dominance. The 5lb rise in mark is the only genuine concern, but in a Class 6 field this weak, it is unlikely to stop her. Each-way alternative: Is She Now. Main danger: Is She Now — Is She Now (SR 60, 4/1) is only 2 SR points behind Sound Gloria, showed a recent win in her form (011422 — win two runs back), and at 4/1 is the only other runner with plausible ability to exploit if Sound Gloria fails to handle the MarkMv:+5 burden at this trip.

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Full result

Winner: Is She Now (IRE) at SP 11/4. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Is She Now Fox #2 Daragh Bourke · Toby Moore(7) 7/2
2 Sound Gloria Fox #1 Roger Varian · Jack Mitchell 4/7
3 Lednikov Ivan Furtado · Elle-May Croot(5) 16/1
4 Manbearpig Rebecca Menzies · Faleh Bughanaim 33/1
5 Alcanzor Tim Easterby · Faye McManoman 20/1
6 Rajendra David Simcock · Sean Levey 16/1
7 Character Testing Mark Walford · Jack Garritty 10/1
— Just Adair Fox #3 Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill · Paul Mulrennan -

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Sound Gloria 10/11 🥈 2ND
2 Is She Now 4/1 SP 11/4 🏆 WON
3 Just Adair 11/2