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Bakers Tailoring Handicap Stakes (Div II)

18:30 Redcar Sat 22 Aug 2026 1m2f1y Class 5 Good 9 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Always Blue silks

Always Blue

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/4 Est. 32%

🏁 4TH

Mr Fox says

Always Blue (SR 79, 9/4) is the clear class leader in this field, sitting 7lb clear of the next best Yafaarr (SR 72) and carrying a manageable 9-9. The GoingFit:+ confirms this 3-year-old handles today's good ground well, and a market move of in8% shows quiet but meaningful support — enough to suggest connections are confident without screaming of a gamble. The 2543 form line shows consistent proximity in similar-class races, and trainer Harriet Bethell's 16% strike rate from just 85 runners marks a compact, focused yard that doesn't fire runners without intent. The class is identical (ClassMv:=) so no adjustment penalty applies. The main reservation is DistFit:? — insufficient data at 1m2f — but the 3-year-old profile and progressive form pattern suggest the step up in trip should suit. Each-way alternative: Yafaarr. Main danger: Chesneys Charm — Chesneys Charm has steamed into 6/1 from a morning price implied by a 45% market move — the strongest market support in the field — and the class drop (ClassMv:↓1) gives it the best competitive context it has faced in recent starts, making it a live threat if the support is informed.

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Full result

Winner: Cosmos Raj (GB) at SP 20/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Cosmos Raj silks Cosmos Raj David O'Meara · Billy Garritty 20/1
  2. 2 Sweet Kiss silks Sweet Kiss Fox #4 Tim Easterby · Jake Dickson(5) 9/2
  3. 3 Chesneys Charm silks Chesneys Charm Fox #3 Ivan Furtado · Jason Hart 13/2
  4. 4 Always Blue silks Always Blue Fox #1 Harriet Bethell · Sean D Bowen 9/4
  5. 5 Boubyan silks Boubyan Michael Appleby · Lewis Edmunds 12/1
  6. 6 Yafaarr silks Yafaarr Fox #2 Sam England · Cian Horgan(5) 6/1
  7. 7 Ceinture d'Orion silks Ceinture d'Orion David O'Meara · David Nolan 5/1
  8. 8 Whiskey Pete silks Whiskey Pete Nigel Tinkler · Alex Jary(3) 10/1
  9. — Adiada silks Adiada Michael Dods · Rhys Elliott(5) 22/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Always Blue silks Always Blue 9/4 🏁 4TH
  2. 2 Yafaarr silks Yafaarr 11/2 6TH
  3. 3 Chesneys Charm silks Chesneys Charm 6/1 🥉 3RD
  4. 4 Sweet Kiss silks Sweet Kiss 6/1 🥈 2ND