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Andy Townsend Memorial Mares' Handicap Hurdle Race

19:15 Stratford Sat 05 Sep 2026 2m6f7y Class 5 Good 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Sadies Diamond silks

Sadies Diamond

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/4 Est. 32%

Mr Fox says

Sadies Diamond (SR:84, 9/4) is the standout pick driven by a remarkable 53% market move in — the strongest steaming signal in the field by a wide margin — combined with the most favourable weight in the competitive portion of the field at 10-6. The form string /28-35 shows consistent placing and a return to action just 7 days ago suggests connections are confident the mare is at peak fitness right now. Carrying 10-6 gives her a meaningful pounds advantage over top-weight Mistral Blue (12-0) and Parikarma (11-11), and that weight edge is significant at this distance of 2m6f7y on good ground. The GoingFit:- is a concern and must be named, but the aggressive market support — shortening 53% from the open — suggests connections have specific confidence today rather than this being a casual entry. Each-way alternative: Parikarma. Main danger: Parikarma — Parikarma (SR:90, 5/2) holds the highest SR in the field, has proven distance fitness (DistFit:+) and going fitness (GoingFit:+) at today's exact conditions, and has course form (W0P2) at Stratford — if the market drift of 34% is being misread and the form figures of -32723 represent a horse building back, she is the one capable of outstaying Sadies Diamond over this stamina-test trip.

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Full result

Winner: Parikarma (IRE) at SP 3/1F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Parikarma silks Parikarma Fox #2 Samuel Drinkwater · Miss Imogen Mathias(7) 3/1
  2. 2 Leave Her To Me silks Leave Her To Me David Killahena & Graeme McPherson · Nick Slatter(3) 12/1
  3. 3 Blackwater Lilly silks Blackwater Lilly Neil King · J M Quinlan 5/1
  4. 4 Quick Of The Night silks Quick Of The Night Dave Roberts · Lee Edwards 6/1
  5. 5 Porridge silks Porridge Tracey Leeson · Oscar Palmer(7) 66/1
  6. 6 Liasse d'Argent silks Liasse d'Argent Tom Gretton · Benjamin Macey(5) 33/1
  7. 7 Mistral Blue silks Mistral Blue Fox #3 Fergal O'Brien · Fern O'Brien(5) 17/2
  8. 8 Mc'flo silks Mc'flo Anthony Carson · Brendan Powell 18/1
  9. 9 Lady Bee Great silks Lady Bee Great Matt Sheppard · Stan Sheppard 33/1
  10. — Sadies Diamond silks Sadies Diamond Fox #1 Jeff Mullins · Jack Stenhouse(7) 9/4

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Sadies Diamond silks Sadies Diamond 9/4
  2. 2 Parikarma silks Parikarma 5/2 SP 3/1F 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Mistral Blue silks Mistral Blue 8/1 7TH