Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Handicap Stakes

17:00 Goodwood Tue 08 Sep 2026 0m6f0y Class 4 Good 9 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Marengo Storm

SPECULATIVE Advised 3/1 Est. 28%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Marengo Storm (SR 94, 3/1) is the clear SR leader in this field by a meaningful margin and drops two class tiers, which is a significant advantage in a Class 4 sprint handicap at Goodwood. The form string 51215 is solid and consistent — a recent fifth followed by a winning run and another placed effort — showing a horse that competes well at a higher level than today's. Carrying 9-11 is a manageable weight in this company, and at 3 years old there is natural progression still in the frame. The 8% market drift is a mild concern and worth acknowledging, but the class drop plus the SR dominance (14 points clear of second-best Old Is Gold) outweighs that signal, and the drift may simply reflect the going query (GoingFit:?) rather than any fundamental concern from connections. Each-way alternative: Old Is Gold. Main danger: Old Is Gold — Old Is Gold (SR 87, 13/8) is shortening 9% in the market, carries Oisin Murphy, drops two class tiers with Andrew Balding's strong 19% strike rate behind it, and is proven on Good going — the distance concern (DistFit:-) is the only real brake on its chance.

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Full result

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

1 Old Is Gold Fox #2 Andrew Balding · Oisin Murphy 7/4
2 Brosay Charlie Pike · Nicola Currie 18/1
3 Mister Bluebird Fox #3 Heather Main · Cieren Fallon 4/1
4 Arry Up Rod Millman · Lewis Edmunds 12/1
5 Marengo Storm Fox #1 Richard Hughes · Finley Marsh 3/1
6 An Outlaw's Grace Richard Hannon · Alec Voikhansky 15/2
7 Born Slippy Richard Spencer · Saffie Osborne 12/1
— Atticum Robert Cowell · Marco Ghiani 10/1
— Evie Ross Clive Cox · David Probert 22/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Marengo Storm 3/1 5TH
2 Old Is Gold 13/8 SP 6/4F 🏆 WON
3 Mister Bluebird 8/1 🥉 3RD