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Schweppes Handicap Stakes

13:40 Ascot Sat 05 Sep 2026 0m7f0y Class 2 Good 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Thunder Call silks

Thunder Call

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

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Thunder Call (SR 108, 1/1) is the clear class leader in this field by a meaningful margin — 8 points above Addison Grey (SR 100) and 14 above the next cluster. The Haggas yard operates at 21% career strike rate with Cieren Fallon (19%) aboard, a potent combination, and the market has shortened 18% since opening, confirming professional support. Carrying 8-12 gives a 10lb weight advantage over top-weight Two Tribes (9-12, SR 94), which more than compensates for the SR differential. The form string 2-1132 shows consistent competitiveness with a last-time-out second, and DistFit:+ confirms proven effectiveness at 7f. The GoingFit:? is the only hesitation — no confirmed going record on good ground — but at this SR level, connections would not run with strong market backing unless they were satisfied with conditions. Each-way alternative: Addison Grey. Main danger: Addison Grey — Addison Grey (SR 100, 11/2) is proven at 7f (DistFit:+), handles good ground (GoingFit:+), carries a favourable 9-6, and the Cox/Shepherd combination with a recent winning run (form 225391 — that rightmost 1 is a last-time-out win) makes this the most dangerous second string at a fair each-way price.

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Full result

Winner: Thunder Call (GB) at SP 1/1F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Thunder Call silks Thunder Call Fox #1 William Haggas · Cieren Fallon 11/10
  2. 2 The Fingal Raven silks The Fingal Raven Jamie Osborne · William Carver 16/1
  3. 3 Two Tribes silks Two Tribes Fox #3 Richard Spencer · Saffie Osborne 5/1
  4. 4 Addison Grey silks Addison Grey Fox #2 Clive Cox · Callum Shepherd 5/1
  5. 5 Silver Ghost silks Silver Ghost Emma Lavelle · Charles Bishop 25/1
  6. 6 Mubasimah silks Mubasimah Andrew Balding · Jason Watson 14/1
  7. 7 Ghost Mode silks Ghost Mode Andrew Balding · David Probert 7/1
  8. 8 Glenfinnan silks Glenfinnan Michael Dods · Edward Greatrex 18/1
  9. — Lord Britain silks Lord Britain Ismail Mohammed & Jose Santos · Silvestre De Sousa -
  10. — Northern Express silks Northern Express Michael Dods · Lewis Edmunds -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Thunder Call silks Thunder Call 1/1 SP 1/1F 🏆 WON
  2. 2 Addison Grey silks Addison Grey 11/2 🏁 4TH
  3. 3 Two Tribes silks Two Tribes 11/2 🥉 3RD