Fgh Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)

16:55 Cartmel Mon 31 Aug 2026 2m5f34y Class 3 Good to Soft 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Pour Les Filles

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/1 SP 6/1 Est. 28%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Pour Les Filles (SR 114, 5/1) is the most compelling case in this modest Class 3 field. The market has shortened 33% — the sharpest move in the race — pointing to significant stable confidence from the Mickey Bowen yard. Dropping two class tiers (ClassMv:↓2) and running off a mark 3lb below last win (MarkMv:-3) creates a genuinely favourable handicap position, and the horse has proven distance form (DistFit:+) over this 2m5f trip. Top-weight at 12-2 is a concern, but the class relief and market move more than compensate, and Bowen's yard sends its money with Sean D Bowen in the plate — a deliberate booking signal at a track where this horse already has two place efforts (Course:W0P2). Each-way alternative: Sean Og. Main danger: King Roly — King Roly (SR 119, 3/1) is the highest-rated horse in the field, has shortened 19% in the market, and James Bowen's 18% strike rate is the best jockey booking on the card — the Bowen yard may well be running King Roly as the #1 string despite the class rise, and the SR edge is real.

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Full result

Winner: Pour Les Filles (GB) at SP 6/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Pour Les Filles Fox #1 Mickey Bowen · Sean D Bowen 9/2
2 King Roly Fox #3 Mickey Bowen · James Bowen 3/1
3 Karnaval Point David Pipe · Rian Corcoran(5) 13/2
4 Sean Og Fox #2 Dianne Sayer · Sean Quinlan 7/2
5 Jack Sprat James Moffatt · Brian Hughes 6/1
6 Bleu d'Enfer Donald McCain · Theo Gillard 16/1
7 Passengerontheship Fox #4 Sam England · Jonathan England 13/2
— Cossack Chach Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Derek Fox 20/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Pour Les Filles 5/1 SP 6/1 🏆 WON
2 Sean Og 7/2 🏁 4TH
3 King Roly 3/1 🥈 2ND
4 Passengerontheship 11/2 7TH