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Total Task Consultancy Take The Reins Handicap Stakes (Div II)

17:30 Windsor Sat 29 Aug 2026 6f12y Class 4 Good to Firm 9 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Madman silks

Madman

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/2 Est. 28%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Madman (SR 84, 7/2) matches Angel Gabriel for the top SR in the field but carries a clear weight advantage at 8-13 versus 9-8, a meaningful 9lb edge in a competitive Class 4 sprint. The form string 692611 shows two consecutive wins most recently — form coming right at the ideal moment — and GoingFit:+ confirms he handles today's good-to-firm ground, the only horse in the field with a confirmed positive going profile. Course:W2P2 at Windsor is a strong specialist record rarely seen in fields of this nature, and David Egan (14% career strike rate, 569 runners) is a high-quality booking for a yard with limited firepower, suggesting connections are serious. The MarkMv:+8 rise in the mark is a concern and the trainer's 5% strike rate gives pause, but the weight, going confirmation, course record and improving form all point the same way. Each-way alternative: Angel Gabriel. Main danger: Angel Gabriel — Angel Gabriel (SR 84, 4/1) matches Madman on ability, has steamed in 33% in the market with Ralph Beckett's 17% trainer strike rate lending real credibility, and at 9-8 the weight is still manageable — if the GoingFit:- flag proves less significant than expected, he's the most likely winner.

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Full result

Winner: Angel Gabriel (IRE) at SP 11/4J. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Angel Gabriel silks Angel Gabriel Fox #2 Ralph Beckett · Rhys Clutterbuck 4/1
  2. 2 Crafty Blue silks Crafty Blue Fox #4 Richard Hannon · Joe Leavy 5/1
  3. 3 Madman silks Madman Fox #1 Rachel Cook & John Bridger · David Egan 4/1
  4. 4 Lil Brother silks Lil Brother Michael Keady · Saffie Osborne 28/1
  5. 5 Tyger Bay silks Tyger Bay Conrad Allen · Jack Gilligan 18/1
  6. 6 HK Fourteen silks HK Fourteen Fox #3 Tony Carroll · Tom Marquand 15/2
  7. — Moving Force silks Moving Force Mark Loughnane · Billy Loughnane 7/1
  8. — Star Chorus silks Star Chorus Mike Murphy · Dylan Hogan 11/2
  9. — Saucy Jane silks Saucy Jane Jack Morland · George Wood 17/2

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Madman silks Madman 7/2 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Angel Gabriel silks Angel Gabriel 4/1 SP 11/4J 🏆 WON
  3. 3 HK Fourteen silks HK Fourteen 7/1 6TH
  4. 4 Crafty Blue silks Crafty Blue 5/1 🥈 2ND