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Betfair Celebrates Bow Echo Ascendant Stakes (Listed Race)

13:55 Haydock Sat 05 Sep 2026 0m7f212y Class 1 Heavy 6 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Rocket Boy silks

Rocket Boy

SPECULATIVE Advised 13/8 Est. 35%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Rocket Boy (SR:108, 13/8) is comfortably the highest-rated horse in this field and holds a SR advantage of 16 points over the next best, Rafe's Da Man (SR:92). Running at the same class as last time (ClassMv:=) indicates connections believe this is the right level, and the market has shortened 13% since opening — meaningful support in a 6-runner field. The form figure of 1-3 shows a win followed by a third, and with all runners carrying equal weight (9-4) the SR edge is not diluted by a lbs penalty. The going is heavy and unknown to all runners (GoingFit:? across the board), but Rocket Boy's class and progressive profile make him the logical selection. Each-way alternative: Rafe's Da Man. Main danger: Arthurian — Arthurian (SR:81) has been heavily supported into 5/1 from a much longer price (in 37%), carries the same weight as all rivals, and trainer Andrew Balding (19% strike rate) paired with P J McDonald is a sharp booking — if there is a hidden angle in this field, this is where the money suggests it sits.

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Full result

Winner: First Law (IRE) at SP 6/4F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 First Law silks First Law Charlie Appleby · William Buick 9/4
  2. 2 Rocket Boy silks Rocket Boy Fox #1 Marco Botti · Marco Ghiani 7/4
  3. 3 Arthurian silks Arthurian Fox #3 Andrew Balding · P J McDonald 4/1
  4. 4 Romanza silks Romanza Charlie Fellowes · Paddy Bradley 14/1
  5. 5 Theheatison silks Theheatison Nick Scholfield · Stevie Donohoe 18/1
  6. — Rafe's Da Man silks Rafe's Da Man Fox #2 Richard Hannon · Sean Levey 8/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Rocket Boy silks Rocket Boy 13/8 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Rafe's Da Man silks Rafe's Da Man 7/1
  3. 3 Arthurian silks Arthurian 5/1 🥉 3RD