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19:40 Southwell (AW) Thu 03 Sep 2026 0m7f15y Class 5 Good 9 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Korbut silks

Korbut

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 32%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Korbut (SR 82, 5/2) is the class-leader in this field by a clear margin — 3 points above Indefensible and 9 above Chale Chalo — and carries just 9-7, a workable weight for a horse running off a consistent recent sequence of 522221. The last-six runs show relentless improvement culminating in a win, and Sir Mark Prescott's yard runs at 20% strike rate — the best in the field — which makes the stable booking credible even if Luke Morris (12%) is the journeyman component. Course form of W0P2 at Southwell and proven DistFit+ and GoingFit+ confirm the conditions suit. The 26% market drift is the one flag; however, Prescott routinely lets prices drift on proven horses at shorter tracks without it signalling any issue, and no other runner offers a comparable combination of SR + proven course/distance/going fit. Indefensible provides the main danger — dropping a class, DistFit+ and GoingFit+ — but the SR gap and inferior connections make Korbut the clear call. Each-way alternative: Indefensible. Main danger: Indefensible — Indefensible (SR 79, 5/1) drops a class off a mark just 1lb below last win, with DistFit+ and GoingFit+ at Southwell on good ground — a consistent 253313 form string shows it always finds the frame, and at 5/1 it offers genuine place value if Korbut flops.

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Full result

Winner: Indefensible (IRE) at SP 17/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Indefensible silks Indefensible Fox #2 Ollie Pears · Harry Russell 11/2
  2. 2 Korbut silks Korbut Fox #1 Sir Mark Prescott Bt · Luke Morris 9/4
  3. 3 Lieutenant Kije silks Lieutenant Kije Fox #4 Tom Ward · Harry Vigors(5) 13/2
  4. 4 Black Endeavour silks Black Endeavour Mark Rimell · Callum Rodriguez 10/1
  5. 5 Piscean Star silks Piscean Star Ed Dunlop · Billy Loughnane 4/1
  6. 6 Chale Chalo silks Chale Chalo Fox #3 Tom Dascombe · Jason Hart 5/1
  7. 7 Tactical Blitz silks Tactical Blitz Liam Bailey · Daniel Tudhope 18/1
  8. 8 Southern Warrior silks Southern Warrior Olly Williams · Warren Fentiman(3) 100/1
  9. 9 Exotic Baby silks Exotic Baby Ian Williams · Faleh Bughanaim 18/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Korbut silks Korbut 5/2 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Indefensible silks Indefensible 5/1 SP 17/2 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Chale Chalo silks Chale Chalo 6/1 6TH
  4. 4 Lieutenant Kije silks Lieutenant Kije 6/1 🥉 3RD