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Tom's Big Bike Ride Handicap Stakes

17:10 Chepstow Mon 31 Aug 2026 5f16y Class 5 Good to Soft 7 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Connie's Rose silks

Connie's Rose

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/4 Est. 34%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Connie's Rose (SR:69, 9/4) is the Grace Harris yard's clear #1 runner — Hutchinson booked over the yard's other two riders, carrying the lightest weight of the trio at 9-8, and the market has steamed in 41% to confirm stable confidence. The MarkMv:-3 means she's running off a mark 3lb below her last win, a material advantage in a Class 5 sprint, and she brings proven GoingFit:~ on good-to-soft plus Course:W1P13 at Chepstow — that course record across 14 visits is substantial specialist evidence. The ClassMv:↑1 is a mild concern but the weight relief and market move outweigh it; the tp headgear (tongue-tie and cheekpieces) suggests the yard has a specific setup for this horse today. Each-way alternative: Level Up. Main danger: Level Up — Level Up (SR:69, 5/1) has steamed in 17% with a visor first-time on board, holds Course:W1P1 at Chepstow, and ran just 3 days ago suggesting peak fitness — that market move on a horse at the same class mark is hard to ignore.

Full result

Winner: Level Up (IRE) at SP 5/2J. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Level Up silks Level Up Fox #2 David Evans · Pat Dobbs 4/1
  2. 2 Some Nightmare silks Some Nightmare Fox #4 John O'Shea · William Carson 13/2
  3. 3 Connie's Rose silks Connie's Rose Fox #1 Grace Harris · Callum Hutchinson 11/4
  4. 4 Control Room silks Control Room Fox #3 Grace Harris · Edward Greatrex 7/2
  5. 5 Savannah Smiles silks Savannah Smiles Grace Harris · Ashley Lewis(3) 10/1
  6. 6 Magna silks Magna Tony Carroll · Rossa Ryan 5/1
  7. 7 Double Naughty silks Double Naughty Joe Tickle · Taylor Fisher 12/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Connie's Rose silks Connie's Rose 9/4 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Level Up silks Level Up 5/1 SP 5/2J 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Control Room silks Control Room 10/3 🏁 4TH
  4. 4 Some Nightmare silks Some Nightmare 11/2 🥈 2ND