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Attheraces.com/marketmovers Nursery Handicap Stakes

18:15 Chepstow Sat 29 Aug 2026 0m7f16y Class 6 Good 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Better Nature silks

Better Nature

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/1 Est. 22%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Better Nature (SR 60, 9/1) is the most compelling combination of signals in what is a weak Class 6 nursery. The 22% market steam is the largest inward move in the field — only So Tempting matches it — and that level of support on a 9/1 shot represents genuine market intelligence. Crucially, Better Nature has confirmed distance fitness (DistFit:+), the only runner in the field with a proven record at this trip beyond a single sample, and steps down one class. Trainer Jonathan Portman hits at 14%, the strongest trainer strike rate among the shortlisted handlers. The form string 0326 shows improvement to a recent third and sixth, and the class drop to Class 6 offers a clear opportunity. Each-way alternative: Jazzy Bay. Main danger: Jazzy Bay — Jazzy Bay (SR 68, 4/1) holds the joint-highest SR in the field, has confirmed distance fitness (DistFit:+), course form (W0P1), a 19% market move, and drops a class — a convergence of signals that makes it the most obvious alternative to the selection.

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Full result

Winner: Absolute Diamond (IRE) at SP 10/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Absolute Diamond silks Absolute Diamond David Evans · Pat Cosgrave 15/2
  2. 2 Q T Boy silks Q T Boy David Evans · William Carson 10/1
  3. 3 Thunda Struck silks Thunda Struck Fox #3 David Loughnane · Taryn Langley(5) 4/1
  4. 4 Zonneveld silks Zonneveld J S Moore · Donagh Murphy(7) 10/1
  5. 5 Better Nature silks Better Nature Fox #1 Jonathan Portman · Jack Doughty 9/1
  6. 6 Jazzy Bay silks Jazzy Bay Fox #2 Eve Johnson Houghton · Oliver Carmichael(7) 7/2
  7. 7 Parkers Light silks Parkers Light Tom Dascombe · William Cox 28/1
  8. 8 Sovereign Beach silks Sovereign Beach Ollie Sangster · Stevie Donohoe 3/1
  9. 9 Invicta Rose silks Invicta Rose Ollie Sangster · Edward Greatrex 16/1
  10. — No More Pino silks No More Pino Charlie Pike · Kieren Fox 5/2
  11. — So Tempting silks So Tempting Fox #4 Tom Ward · Ashley Lewis(3) 11/2

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Better Nature silks Better Nature 9/1 5TH
  2. 2 Jazzy Bay silks Jazzy Bay 4/1 6TH
  3. 3 Thunda Struck silks Thunda Struck 9/2 🥉 3RD
  4. 4 So Tempting silks So Tempting 13/2