Well-Earned Retirement Neal Kidd Nursery Handicap Stakes

14:45 Catterick Mon 17 Aug 2026 0m5f212y Class 6 Good 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Harry's Pop

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/2 SP 2/1F Est. 26%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Harry's Pop (SR:64, 9/2) carries 9-9 — a 14lb pull on So Tempting (SR:66, 8-11) when adjusted for weight, effectively neutralising So Tempting's marginal SR edge. Sam James (14% career strike rate) is the sharper jockey booking in this field and the class drop (↓1) into a Class 6 nursery is well-timed. The DistFit:- flag is a concern shared across most of this field, so it is not a differentiator, and 9/2 represents fair value in a competitive but low-grade heat where no runner stands clearly apart. The form figure of 44 in recent runs is modest but not dishonourable at this level. Each-way alternative: Aura Of Melania. Main danger: Eevee Star — Eevee Star (SR:56, 10/1) has steamed in 11% in the market — the only runner shortening — and Edward Bethell's 16% trainer strike rate is the best in the field, suggesting stable confidence is genuine.

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Full result

Winner: Harry's Pop (GB) at SP 2/1F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Harry's Pop Fox #1 Dylan Cunha · Sam James 3/1
2 Aura Of Melania Fox #2 Roger Fell · Oisin McSweeney 4/1
3 Cheeky Chesca Tim Easterby · David Allan 11/1
4 Soldier's Echo Fox #4 Hugo Palmer · Shane Gray 7/1
5 So Tempting Tom Ward · P J McDonald 3/1
6 Athos John Butler · Joanna Mason 10/1
7 Eevee Star Fox #3 Edward Bethell · Oisin Orr 10/1
8 Invicta Rose Ollie Sangster · Billy Garritty 12/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Harry's Pop 9/2 SP 2/1F 🏆 WON
2 Aura Of Melania 4/1 🥈 2ND
3 Eevee Star 10/1 7TH
4 Soldier's Echo 6/1 🏁 4TH