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Bni Elli Maiden Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race)

16:37 Ffos Las Thu 27 Aug 2026 1m3f209y Class 3 Good 6 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Phantom Recon silks

Phantom Recon

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/1 Est. 22%

🏁 4TH

Mr Fox says

Phantom Recon (SR 140, 11/1) holds the second-highest SR in the field and is trained by George Scott whose 18% career strike rate is the best among all trainers represented here. While the market has drifted 33%, this is a genuinely open maiden where the two market leaders carry significant question marks — Blue Hercules has a confirmed poor record at today's distance (DistFit:-) and Winday hasn't run in 327 days. At 11/1, Phantom Recon represents the best combination of proven ability (SR 140 is competitive handicap range) and a trainer whose runners can be trusted to perform when fit after a 69-day break. The form reads 4-4, consistent placed efforts that suggest a horse ready to graduate. Each-way alternative: Neswick. Main danger: Neswick — Neswick carries the highest SR in the field at 147, has a 5lb weight advantage over the main field at 9-2, and despite drifting 21% in the market, that SR edge is real and could prove decisive if the market has simply overlooked the form.

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Full result

Winner: Winday (FR) at SP 11/8. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Winday silks Winday Fox #3 Emmet Mullins · Rossa Ryan 11/10
  2. 2 Blue Hercules silks Blue Hercules William Muir & Chris Grassick · Lewis Edmunds 7/4
  3. 3 Neswick silks Neswick Fox #2 Marcus Tregoning · Daniel Muscutt 10/1
  4. 4 Phantom Recon silks Phantom Recon Fox #1 George Scott · Darragh Keenan 11/1
  5. 5 Pacific Storm silks Pacific Storm David Menuisier · David Egan 40/1
  6. — Saaffya silks Saaffya Ed Walker · Kieran Shoemark 12/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Phantom Recon silks Phantom Recon 11/1 🏁 4TH
  2. 2 Neswick silks Neswick 17/2 🥉 3RD
  3. 3 Winday silks Winday 5/4 SP 11/8 🏆 WON