Itus Event Support Services Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Race

17:42 Newton Abbot Thu 27 Aug 2026 2m0f167y Class 5 Good 7 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Linden Lane

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 30%

🏁 4TH

Mr Fox says

Linden Lane (SR:93, 4/1, Wgt:11-4) holds the joint-top SR in the field and has been backed in aggressively from a morning price — a 38% market move inward is the most significant money signal in this race and should not be ignored. Three places at Newton Abbot (Course:W0P3) confirms a genuine course affinity on a track that rewards familiarity, and she runs off the same mark as her last outing (no ClassMv penalty). The 6 further lbs she concedes to Buxted Reel is offset by her superior course knowledge, the strong market move, and a consistent place-finding form string that suits a small 7-runner field. Moderate distance fitness (DistFit:~) is the one caveat, but the money coming in late suggests connections are happy with the conditions. Each-way alternative: Buxted Reel. Main danger: Buxted Reel — Buxted Reel (SR:92, 15/8, DistFit:+, GoingFit:+) is proven at this trip and on this going, and at the favourite's price the market clearly rates it highly despite a MarkMv:+26 penalty and a one-class step up — if Tom Lacey has the horse spot-on after 19 days' rest, the distance and going fitness could prove decisive.

Verify· #14522

Full result

Winner: Buxted Reel (IRE) at SP 11/8F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Buxted Reel Fox #2 Tom Lacey · Stan Sheppard 15/8
2 Most Wanted David Bridgwater · Brendan Powell 9/1
3 Ask Peter Fox #3 Anthony Honeyball · James Robottom(10) 3/1
4 Linden Lane Fox #1 Mrs C Williams · Miss Eleanor Williams(7) 4/1
— Run Away Joe Fergal O'Brien · Tom Broughton(3) -
— Pivotal Days Syd Hosie · Ellis Collier(5) 40/1
— Estate Planning Fox #4 Bernard Llewellyn · Ben Jones 7/2

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Linden Lane 4/1 🏁 4TH
2 Buxted Reel 15/8 SP 11/8F 🏆 WON
3 Ask Peter 3/1 🥉 3RD
4 Estate Planning 4/1