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Napoleons Casino And Restaurant Hull Apprentice Handicap Stakes

17:05 Beverley Sun 30 Aug 2026 2m0f32y Class 5 Soft 8 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Shopaholic silks

Shopaholic

SPECULATIVE Advised 13/2 Est. 22%

6TH

Mr Fox says

Shopaholic (SR:59, 13/2) carries a fair weight of 9-8 and has shown a market move inward of 13% with no headgear complications and a recent run just 22 days ago suggesting good condition. The form string 57923 shows improvement in the final digit (3rd last time), and while stepping up one class, the light framing around this apprentice handicap over a marathon 2m0f32y on soft suggests stamina and willingness matter more than raw class. Shopaholic's jockey Conor Whiteley (19% career strike rate from 135 rides) is the strongest apprentice booking in the field by a clear margin, and in a race where most runners show DistFit:? and GoingFit:? — meaning nobody has a proven edge — the market money and jockey quality are the differentiators. The absence of any standout form or proven stayer tilts the verdict toward the horse with the sharpest pilot and clearest positive market move. Each-way alternative: Spooky Wooky. Main danger: Spooky Wooky — Spooky Wooky (SR:60, 9/2) carries the lightest competitive weight at 9-5, has shortened 8% in the market, and at 4 years old is at the right age for improvement — in a field where stamina and light weight on soft ground are decisive, that weight edge could be the winning factor.

Verify· #15134

Full result

Winner: Marbuzet (GB) at SP 15/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Marbuzet silks Marbuzet Tim Easterby · Jake Dickson(5) 12/1
  2. 2 Time Turner silks Time Turner Fox #4 Edward Bethell · Cian Horgan(3) 9/2
  3. 3 Punxsutawney Phil silks Punxsutawney Phil Mark Walford · Rhys Elliott(3) 11/2
  4. 4 Jedhi Knight silks Jedhi Knight Fox #3 Paul Midgley · Alex Jary 4/1
  5. 5 Pfingstberg silks Pfingstberg Mark Walford · Ethan Tindall(3) 14/1
  6. 6 Shopaholic silks Shopaholic Fox #1 Jack Jones · Conor Whiteley(3) 4/1
  7. 7 Elemental Eye silks Elemental Eye Iain Jardine · Jack Nicholls 10/3
  8. — Spooky Wooky silks Spooky Wooky Fox #2 Simon West · William Pyle 4/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Shopaholic silks Shopaholic 13/2 6TH
  2. 2 Spooky Wooky silks Spooky Wooky 9/2
  3. 3 Jedhi Knight silks Jedhi Knight 13/2 🏁 4TH
  4. 4 Time Turner silks Time Turner 7/2 🥈 2ND