Ebf Ashton In Makerfield Novice Stakes

15:52 Haydock Thu 03 Sep 2026 0m6f0y Class 3 Soft 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Sharadd

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/8 SP 1/1F Est. 38%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Sharadd carries the field's highest SR at 156 — meaningfully clear of Time To Play (152) and the joint-third pair Chapel Stream and Playfull Warrior (both 148) — and is trained by William Haggas, whose 21% career strike rate is the standout yard stat in the race. The market has firmed 23% since opening to 11/8, representing the most significant inward move alongside Playfull Warrior, and Tom Marquand (13%, 1,192 rides) is a confident booking for a Haggas debutant at this level. In a field where all runners are either unraced or lightly exposed on soft 6f, SR leadership combined with the strongest trainer strike rate and clear market confidence is the most reliable convergence of signals available. Each-way alternative: Time To Play. Main danger: Playfull Warrior — Playfull Warrior has steamed in 33% — the sharpest market move in the race — Clive Cox operates at 15% and Hector Crouch at 17%, the best combined connections strike-rate pairing after Haggas/Marquand, and despite a single '0' last time the SR of 148 is strong enough to threaten if that debut run concealed more than it showed.

Verify· #15797

Full result

Winner: Sharadd (IRE) at SP 1/1F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Sharadd Fox #1 William Haggas · Tom Marquand 11/8
2 Al Arraab Richard & Peter Fahey · Oisin McSweeney 10/1
3 Deputy Vice Rebecca Menzies · Rhys Elliott(5) 12/1
4 Time To Play Fox #2 K. R. Burke · Clifford Lee 4/1
5 Playfull Warrior Fox #3 Clive Cox · Hector Crouch 9/1
6 Powerful Force Kevin Ryan · Tom Eaves 9/1
7 Chapel Stream Fox #4 Jane Chapple-Hyam · Callum Shepherd 13/2
— Does Mary Know Eve Johnson Houghton · Charles Bishop -

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Sharadd 11/8 SP 1/1F 🏆 WON
2 Time To Play 4/1 🏁 4TH
3 Playfull Warrior 17/2 5TH
4 Chapel Stream 7/1 7TH