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Madar Corporation Handicap Stakes

17:24 Salisbury Thu 03 Sep 2026 1m Class 3 Good to Soft 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Point Of Contact silks

Point Of Contact

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/2 Est. 28%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Point Of Contact (SR:95, 7/2, 9-11) combines the strongest market move in the race — steaming in 24% — with the Balding/Murphy combination, one of the most potent pairings in British handicapping (19% and 21% strike rates respectively). The DistFit:- is a concern at this mile trip, but the cheekpieces (HG:p) going on first-time suggest connections have identified a reason for optimism and are trying a fresh angle. At 9-11 it carries 5lb less than the joint top-weights Boyfriend and One Smack Mac, a real physical advantage in a competitive Class 3 on Good to Soft. The MarkMv:+2 is manageable and the market confidence — shortest in the race alongside Shipbourne — is the decisive edge. Each-way alternative: Shipbourne. Main danger: Shipbourne — Shipbourne (SR:99, 7/2, DistFit:+) is the only horse in the field proven at this mile trip and has a solid recent form line of 13-10 for Ralph Beckett with Colin Keane booked — a 17%/16% combination that travels well in handicaps, and a small market drift of only 5% in is quietly encouraging.

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Full result

Winner: Looka (USA) at SP 14/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Looka silks Looka Marco Botti · Silvestre De Sousa 28/1
  2. 2 Principality silks Principality Fox #3 Harry Eustace · Kaiya Fraser 5/1
  3. 3 Boyfriend silks Boyfriend Fox #4 Richard Hannon · Pat Dobbs 4/1
  4. 4 Time Loop silks Time Loop William Haggas · Harry Davies 16/1
  5. 5 Point Of Contact silks Point Of Contact Fox #1 Andrew Balding · Oisin Murphy 10/3
  6. 6 Skipper silks Skipper Hamad Al Jehani · Kieran Shoemark 50/1
  7. 7 Electric Dreams silks Electric Dreams James Fanshawe · David Egan 6/1
  8. 8 Colourband silks Colourband Simon & Ed Crisford · Rossa Ryan 15/2
  9. 9 Shipbourne silks Shipbourne Fox #2 Ralph Beckett · Colin Keane 10/3
  10. 10 Zoffandia silks Zoffandia Keiran Burke · Josephine Gordon 80/1
  11. 11 One Smack Mac silks One Smack Mac Jamie Osborne · William Carver 125/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Point Of Contact silks Point Of Contact 7/2 5TH
  2. 2 Shipbourne silks Shipbourne 7/2 9TH
  3. 3 Principality silks Principality 9/2 🥈 2ND
  4. 4 Boyfriend silks Boyfriend 4/1 🥉 3RD