Wakeman Stayers Handicap Stakes

17:18 Ripon Tue 01 Sep 2026 2m Class 6 Soft 7 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Zimmerman

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/2 SP 15/8 Est. 32%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Zimmerman (SR:70, 7/2) carries the highest Saturday Rating in the field alongside Si White's SR:71, but crucially has proven distance fitness (DistFit:+) over today's 2m trip while Si White is untried at the distance (DistFit:?). The market has steamed 23% into Zimmerman — the strongest inward move in the field — and Tim Easterby's stable has clearly nominated this as their #1 with the more experienced David Allan booked versus the apprentice Jake Dickson on stablemate Bollin Neil. At 10-0, Zimmerman carries a workable weight and the tongue-tie headgear suggests connections have addressed a previous issue. Si White is the danger but carries a mark 7lb higher than last win (MarkMv:+7) and is stepping into uncharted trip territory as a 3-year-old. Each-way alternative: Regally Blonde. Main danger: Si White — Si White (SR:71, 15/8) is the highest-rated horse in the field and trained by the sharp Sir Mark Prescott (20% strike rate, 319 runners), who rarely runs horses without confidence — though the 7lb rise above last winning mark and unproven 2m trip on soft are genuine risks that the slight 7% drift flags.

Verify· #15485

Full result

Winner: Zimmerman (GB) at SP 15/8. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Zimmerman Fox #1 Tim Easterby · David Allan 10/3
2 Bollin Neil Tim Easterby · Jake Dickson(5) 12/1
3 Dereham John Berry · Molly Keegan-Price(7) 9/1
4 Regally Blonde Fox #3 Ben Case · Jack Nicholls(3) 5/1
5 Twilight Safari Micky Hammond · Aiden Brookes 16/1
6 Si White Fox #2 Sir Mark Prescott Bt · Dylan Hogan 11/10
— Femme Fatale James Tate · Daniel Tudhope -

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Zimmerman 7/2 SP 15/8 🏆 WON
2 Si White 15/8 6TH
3 Regally Blonde 5/1 🏁 4TH