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Twyford Down Cutting Handicap Stakes

14:09 Newmarket (July) Sat 22 Aug 2026 6f Class 4 Good to Firm 13 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Rajaking silks

Rajaking

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 28%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Rajaking (SR:89, 4/1) edges out on ability in this field and combines the strongest multi-signal case: joint-highest SR alongside Spring Bloom and Pilu, but uniquely confirmed DistFit:+ and GoingFit:+ for today's 6f on good-to-firm, while the market has steamed 19% — the money is clearly engaged. Tongue-tie (HG:t) is already worn, so no first-time headgear risk, and his recent form 7-6431 shows a clear upward trajectory into last time's win. Trainer T J Kent runs at 14% strike rate from 56 runners, a strong small-yard number, and the 29-day gap is fresh without staleness. The MarkMv:+5 above last win mark is the main caution, but at 9-10 he's not burdened by weight, giving him a 2lb pull on Pilu and 9lb on Spring Bloom in the handicap. Each-way alternative: Spring Bloom. Main danger: Pilu — Pilu (SR:88, 9/4) has steamed 25% in the market, is dropping a class (ClassMv:↓1), and carries 9-12 — same as Rajaking — so the only question is whether the moderate GoingFit:~ at good-to-firm blunts what the market clearly believes is a progressive 3-year-old coming good.

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Full result

Winner: Pilu (IRE) at SP 4/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Pilu silks Pilu Fox #2 Roger Teal · Joe Leavy 5/2
  2. 2 Sword silks Sword Stuart Williams · Silvestre De Sousa 9/1
  3. 3 Rajaking silks Rajaking Fox #1 T J Kent · Dylan Hogan 10/3
  4. 4 Spring Bloom silks Spring Bloom Fox #3 John Butler · David Probert 11/2
  5. 5 Fifty Nifty silks Fifty Nifty Martin Dunne · George Wood 11/1
  6. 6 Juan Les Pins silks Juan Les Pins Michael Appleby · Conor Whiteley(5) 28/1
  7. 7 Royal Accord silks Royal Accord Peter Chapple-Hyam · Olivia Haines(7) 80/1
  8. 8 Expert Agent silks Expert Agent Stuart Williams · Ashley Lewis(3) 20/1
  9. 9 Zoulu Chief silks Zoulu Chief Heather Main · George Bass 33/1
  10. 10 Back To Me silks Back To Me Patrick Chamings · Callum Hutchinson 22/1
  11. 11 Sea Cookie silks Sea Cookie Tom Clover · Neil Callan 14/1
  12. 12 Archduke Ferdinand silks Archduke Ferdinand Fox #4 Seb Spencer · Dale Swift 8/1
  13. 13 Photosynthesis silks Photosynthesis Peter Chapple-Hyam · Robert Havlin 12/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Rajaking silks Rajaking 4/1 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Pilu silks Pilu 9/4 SP 4/1 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Spring Bloom silks Spring Bloom 11/2 🏁 4TH
  4. 4 Archduke Ferdinand silks Archduke Ferdinand 15/2 12TH