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Deanta Fire Door Handicap Stakes

15:47 Carlisle Wed 09 Sep 2026 0m5f0y Class 6 Good to Soft 13 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Albegone silks

Albegone

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/2 Est. 22%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Albegone (SR 62, 11/2) shares top SR honours with Cotai Starlight but carries 9-8 versus Cotai Starlight's 9-9 and arrives on the back of a last-time-out win (form 372651, rightmost digit = 1), giving it the strongest recent momentum in the field. Tim Easterby's yard operates at 9% strike rate across 2,102 runners — a volume operation that knows how to place horses, and the horse is only up 2lb on its winning mark (MarkMv:+2), a manageable rise at this level. GoingFit:~ confirms it handles cut in the ground adequately, and the moderate distance record (DistFit:~) is not a red flag at 5f. Cotai Starlight is the obvious danger but has drifted 5% in the market and is running off a mark 5lb higher than its last win, making Albegone the marginally preferred choice at the same price. Each-way alternative: Never Dark. Main danger: Cotai Starlight — Cotai Starlight shares the joint-top SR of 62, has run recently (13 days ago), and Sam James at 14% strike rate is a quality booking, though the +5lb mark rise and 5% market drift are the only negatives holding it just behind Albegone.

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Full result

Winner: Solid Bond (IRE) at SP 9/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Solid Bond silks Solid Bond Declan Carroll · Zak Wheatley 17/2
  2. 2 Albegone silks Albegone Fox #1 Tim Easterby · Jake Dickson(5) 15/2
  3. 3 Cotai Starlight silks Cotai Starlight Fox #2 Katie Scott · Sam James 9/2
  4. 4 Bust A Moon silks Bust A Moon Derek Shaw · Barry McHugh 22/1
  5. 5 Royal Duke silks Royal Duke Fox #4 R Mike Smith · Greg Fairley 13/2
  6. 6 Opal Storm silks Opal Storm Brian Rothwell · Tom Eaves 14/1
  7. 7 Never Dark silks Never Dark Fox #3 Iain Jardine · Jack Nicholls(3) 11/2
  8. 8 Bibendum silks Bibendum Julie Camacho · Ryan Sexton 6/1
  9. 9 Midnight Lir silks Midnight Lir Michael Dods · Connor Beasley 10/1
  10. 10 Cape Sovereign silks Cape Sovereign Rebecca Menzies · Clifford Lee 25/1
  11. 11 Go Victor silks Go Victor Tony Culhane & Stella Barclay · Billy Garritty 14/1
  12. 12 Kyber Crystal silks Kyber Crystal Rebecca Menzies · Cieren Fallon 12/1
  13. — Pivotal Terms silks Pivotal Terms Iain Jardine · Cara Tuke(7) 20/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Albegone silks Albegone 11/2 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Cotai Starlight silks Cotai Starlight 11/2 🥉 3RD
  3. 3 Never Dark silks Never Dark 7/1 7TH
  4. 4 Royal Duke silks Royal Duke 7/1 5TH