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Gents Evening Saturday 24th October Handicap Stakes

17:00 Southwell (AW) Mon 31 Aug 2026 6f16y Class 5 Good 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Dicko The Legend silks

Dicko The Legend

SPECULATIVE Advised 3/1 Est. 28%

8TH

Mr Fox says

Dicko The Legend (SR:75, 3/1) is joint-top on ability alongside Classy Clarets but carries the lightest weight of the two (9-5 vs 9-9), giving a meaningful 4lb advantage. The market has firmed 9% since opening — meaningful in a 12-runner Class 5 handicap — and Billy Loughnane (19% strike rate, 1,811 career rides) is a significant jockey booking for a yard that runs just 5% winners, signalling this is Liam Bailey's intended number one. The form string 634563 is consistent without being flashy but shows a horse that competes every time, and Course:W0P3 at Southwell confirms he handles the track. GoingFit:~ is the only reservation, but good ground is not hostile to him. Each-way alternative: Thunderous Love. Main danger: Classy Clarets — Classy Clarets (SR:75, 7/1) carries the joint-best SR in the field and a near-perfect recent form string of 511112, with GoingFit:+ confirming it handles today's good ground — the 27% drift is odd given the form, and if it reflects only the MarkMv:+12 concern, the raw ability could still see it win.

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Full result

Winner: Classy Clarets (IRE) at SP 5/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Classy Clarets silks Classy Clarets Fox #2 Iain Jardine · Shay Farmer(5) 6/1
  2. 2 Fantasy Obsessor silks Fantasy Obsessor Michael Appleby · Ray Dawson 10/1
  3. 3 Hectic silks Hectic Liam Bailey · Jack Garritty 10/1
  4. 4 Baba Reza silks Baba Reza Julie Camacho · Tom Kiely-Marshall(5) 12/1
  5. 5 Travel Agent silks Travel Agent Adam Kirby · Sean Levey 9/1
  6. 6 Jesse Luc silks Jesse Luc Mike Murphy · Callum Shepherd 11/1
  7. 7 Sole Spirit silks Sole Spirit Bryan Smart · Paul Mulrennan 12/1
  8. 8 Dicko The Legend silks Dicko The Legend Fox #1 Liam Bailey · Billy Loughnane 3/1
  9. 9 Thunderous Love silks Thunderous Love Fox #3 Jonathan Portman · Rob Hornby 15/2
  10. 10 Cairdeas silks Cairdeas Paul Midgley · Tom Eaves 12/1
  11. 11 Marianne Mozart silks Marianne Mozart Ismail Mohammed & Jose Santos · Silvestre De Sousa 14/1
  12. 12 Hierarchy silks Hierarchy Jamie Osborne · William Carver 11/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Dicko The Legend silks Dicko The Legend 3/1 8TH
  2. 2 Classy Clarets silks Classy Clarets 7/1 SP 5/1 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Thunderous Love silks Thunderous Love 15/2 9TH