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Dale Hall And Hickman Associates Handicap Stakes

15:27 Leicester Tue 08 Sep 2026 5f Class 6 Good to Soft 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Knicks silks

Knicks

SPECULATIVE Advised 3/1 Est. 28%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Knicks (SR:63, 3/1) shares the highest SR in the field but carries 9-9 — the same weight as Act Of Violence yet with the significant advantage of market confidence, having steamed in 19% from opening price. The Easterby yard runs at 9% but Joanna Mason is 11% across her career, and the tongue-tie application signals connections are trying to unlock improvement. The drop of one class (↓1) into Class 6 at a competitive price, combined with the market move, points to stable confidence. While GoingFit:- is a concern on good-to-soft, the market money arriving at 3/1 suggests connections believe the conditions are manageable, and at 5f the going plays less of a role than over longer trips. Each-way alternative: Toptime. Main danger: Toptime — Toptime (SR:61, 8/1) is the only runner with DistFit:+ at 5f, has a recent form string of 4-3132 showing genuine consistency at this class, and carries only 9-8 — 1lb less than Knicks — making it the most distance-proven horse in the field at a workable price.

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Full result

Winner: Sergeant Mayer (IRE) at SP 16/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Sergeant Mayer silks Sergeant Mayer Nigel Tinkler · Alex Jary(3) 11/1
  2. 2 Act Of Violence silks Act Of Violence Fox #4 Tony Carroll · Silvestre De Sousa 4/1
  3. 3 Knicks silks Knicks Fox #1 Michael & David Easterby · Joanna Mason 7/2
  4. 4 Just King High silks Just King High Ross Burdon · Sean D Bowen 33/1
  5. 5 Staniel Cay silks Staniel Cay Fox #3 Grant Tuer · Oliver Stammers 11/2
  6. 6 Black Missile silks Black Missile Julie Camacho · Rossa Ryan 4/1
  7. 7 Toptime silks Toptime Fox #2 Roy Bowring · Alistair Rawlinson 15/2
  8. 8 Overbudget silks Overbudget Michael Appleby · Stevie Donohoe 28/1
  9. 9 Jojo Rabbit silks Jojo Rabbit Ruth Carr · Tom Eaves 15/2
  10. 10 Our Planet silks Our Planet Michael Keady · Darragh Keenan 28/1
  11. 11 Ezra Cee silks Ezra Cee Derek Shaw · Jack Dace(5) 40/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Knicks silks Knicks 3/1 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Toptime silks Toptime 8/1 7TH
  3. 3 Staniel Cay silks Staniel Cay 7/1 5TH
  4. 4 Act Of Violence silks Act Of Violence 4/1 🥈 2ND