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Pertemps Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)

17:20 Doncaster Thu 10 Sep 2026 1m3f197y Class 3 Good to Soft 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Itica silks

Itica

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/1 Est. 28%

7TH

Mr Fox says

Itica (SR:78, 5/1, 8-11) carries the lightest weight in the field and combines that advantage with the most compelling market signal — a 11% shortening from Oisin Murphy (22% career strike rate) and trainer Andrew Balding (18%, 2,911 runners), one of the most reliable yards at this level. The recent form shows a last-time-out win (Form:02-561, rightmost digit = 1), meaning the horse arrives in peak confidence, and ClassMv:= confirms it is not stepping up in class after that victory. The weight advantage over Devil's Peak (9-6) and Masterinthewoods (9-10) is meaningful on good-to-soft ground at 1m3f197y, and MarkMv:= means connections are not being punished by the handicapper yet. Murphy's booking for a Balding runner shortening in the market on a track that rewards a well-weighted, in-form horse is the clearest cross-signal alignment in this field. Each-way alternative: Brighton View. Main danger: Devil's Peak — Devil's Peak (SR:91, 2/1) is the highest-rated horse in the field, backed by the elite Gosden/Buick combination (24% and 25% career strike rates respectively), proven at today's distance (DistFit:+), and dropping a class — even an 8% drift is modest for a horse with these credentials, and a seven-pound weight edge for Itica may not be enough to overcome a 13-SR superiority if Devil's Peak travels kindly in the blinkers.

Verify· #17074

Full result

Winner: Devil's Peak (GB) at SP 15/8F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Devil's Peak silks Devil's Peak Fox #2 John & Thady Gosden · William Buick 2/1
  2. 2 Alfred Wincham silks Alfred Wincham Patrick Neville · Rossa Ryan 9/1
  3. 3 My Ballyquinn silks My Ballyquinn David O'Meara · Daniel Tudhope 8/1
  4. 4 Brighton View silks Brighton View Fox #4 William Knight · Marco Ghiani 17/2
  5. 5 Mr Freedom silks Mr Freedom Sheena West · Charles Bishop 40/1
  6. 6 Railwayview Lady silks Railwayview Lady Gavin Cromwell · Gary Carroll 17/2
  7. 7 Itica silks Itica Fox #1 Andrew Balding · Oisin Murphy 9/2
  8. 8 Masterinthewoods silks Masterinthewoods Fox #3 Emma Lavelle · David Probert 7/1
  9. 9 Mocking silks Mocking J P Murtagh · Ben Coen 10/1
  10. — Eniac silks Eniac Brian Ellison · Ryan Moore -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Itica silks Itica 5/1 7TH
  2. 2 Devil's Peak silks Devil's Peak 2/1 SP 15/8F 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Masterinthewoods silks Masterinthewoods 11/2 8TH
  4. 4 Brighton View silks Brighton View 9/1 🏁 4TH