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Market Cross Jewellers Handicap Stakes (Div II)

19:30 Redcar Sat 22 Aug 2026 5f217y Class 5 Good 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Farandaway silks

Farandaway

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 32%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Farandaway (SR:80, 4/1) is clearly the highest-rated horse in the field by a meaningful margin — 5lb+ clear of the next-best cluster — and carries 9-13 at Class 5 over 5f217y, a manageable burden at the top of the weights. The market has spoken emphatically with a 27% inward move from opening price, the strongest sustained support in the field. Form reading 212126 shows consistent placing and a recent win, with only one poor run to note, and GoingFit:? on good ground is the one uncertainty, though the absence of a negative (GoingFit:-) means there is no proven incompatibility. Grant Tuer is a modest yard (13%) but this is a Class 5 sprint handicap where SR dominance and market steam carry more weight than trainer profile. Each-way alternative: Irish Nectar. Main danger: Irish Nectar — Irish Nectar (SR:75, 4/1) has steamed 30% into the market — the most aggressive support in the field — and has first-time blinkers applied, which in Class 5 sprint handicaps with a yard strike rate of 14% often triggers a significant performance uplift; despite DistFit:- and GoingFit:- the market clearly believes the headgear change is transformative.

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Full result

Winner: Come On Over (IRE) at SP 25/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Come On Over silks Come On Over David O'Meara · Sean D Bowen 16/1
  2. 2 Farandaway silks Farandaway Fox #1 Grant Tuer · Oliver Stammers 5/2
  3. 3 Bonnie's Boy silks Bonnie's Boy Richard & Peter Fahey · Warren Fentiman(3) 7/2
  4. 4 Irish Nectar silks Irish Nectar Fox #2 Michael Herrington · Lewis Edmunds 7/2
  5. 5 Men Of Honour silks Men Of Honour Ruth Carr · James Sullivan 12/1
  6. 6 Rotokura Belle silks Rotokura Belle Fox #3 Ivan Furtado · Billy Garritty 15/2
  7. 7 Marajito silks Marajito Tim Easterby · Oisin McSweeney 12/1
  8. 8 Magistery silks Magistery Michael Dods · Connor Beasley 100/1
  9. — Cairdeas silks Cairdeas Paul Midgley · David Nolan 17/2
  10. — Speeding Bullet silks Speeding Bullet Paul Midgley · Jason Hart 10/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Farandaway silks Farandaway 4/1 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Irish Nectar silks Irish Nectar 4/1 🏁 4TH
  3. 3 Rotokura Belle silks Rotokura Belle 13/2 6TH