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Dearing Plastics Celebrating 40 Years Handicap Stakes

14:55 Beverley Sat 29 Aug 2026 1m1f207y Class 5 Soft 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Ciao Capo silks

Ciao Capo

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/4 Est. 35%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Ciao Capo (SR 85, 9/4) is comfortably the highest-rated horse in this field by a clear margin over Fans Favourite (SR 82), and the form string -41161 shows four wins from the last five completed starts — a horse in the form of his life. The Course:W2P2 record at Beverley is a significant advantage on a track where course specialists regularly capitalise, and the DistFit:+ confirms the 1m1f207y trip holds no fears. At 9-7 he carries less than top-weight, and the market has tightened 6% — steady rather than spectacular support, but directionally correct. The only genuine caveat is GoingFit:? — soft ground is unexplored territory — and MarkMv:+3 means connections are running him off a slightly higher mark than his last win, though that mark is still clearly competitive given his SR leads the field. Each-way alternative: Fans Favourite. Main danger: Fans Favourite — Fans Favourite (SR 82, 4/1) has steamed in 43% from its opening price, carries only 9-2 giving it a 5lb pull on Ciao Capo, and the addition of a hood (HG:p) combined with a 29-day freshener and a trainer (Hugo Palmer, 12%) who places horses shrewdly suggests this could be primed for a big run despite the unproven going and distance.

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Full result

Winner: Fans Favourite (GB) at SP 3/1C. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Fans Favourite silks Fans Favourite Fox #2 Hugo Palmer · Conor Whiteley(5) 7/2
  2. 2 Rapide Vega silks Rapide Vega Adrian Keatley · M. P. Sheehy 6/1
  3. 3 Ciao Capo silks Ciao Capo Fox #1 Richard & Peter Fahey · Oisin Orr 2/1
  4. 4 Sunny Orange silks Sunny Orange Tim Easterby · Duran Fentiman 16/1
  5. 5 Distinction silks Distinction John Mackie · Billy Garritty 10/1
  6. 6 Ziata silks Ziata Fox #3 Gemma Tutty · Connor Beasley 10/1
  7. 7 Musical Accord silks Musical Accord Ralph Beckett · Jason Hart 14/1
  8. 8 Project Geofin silks Project Geofin Geoff Oldroyd · P J McDonald 10/1
  9. — Shimmering Sands silks Shimmering Sands Michael & David Easterby · Joanna Mason 16/1
  10. — Everyoneknowsadave silks Everyoneknowsadave Jessica Macey · Rhys Elliott(5) 16/1
  11. — Lady Hornblower silks Lady Hornblower Jedd O'Keeffe · Barry McHugh 22/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Ciao Capo silks Ciao Capo 9/4 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Fans Favourite silks Fans Favourite 4/1 SP 3/1C 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Ziata silks Ziata 12/1 6TH