Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup Stakes (Group 2)

15:00 Doncaster Fri 11 Sep 2026 2m1f197y Class 1 Good to Soft 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Caballo De Mar

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/4 SP 5/6F Est. 38%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Caballo De Mar (SR 119, 5/4) is unambiguously the class leader in this field — with an SR 17 points clear of the next-best Winday (SR 102) and 21 points clear of Beylerbeyi (SR 98). The 25% market support (steaming in hard) with Oisin Murphy booked from a 22%-strike-rate partnership under George Scott (20%) signals strong stable confidence. Good to Soft going is confirmed as a positive (GoingFit:+), and carrying 9-12 as top-weight is manageable given the SR gap is so pronounced — this is not a competitive handicap where weight equalises the field. The most recent form figure of 4 followed by the market move suggests the yard is expecting a forward showing here. Each-way alternative: Winday. Main danger: Winday — Winday (SR 102, 4/1) has steamed in 33% with William Buick — a 25%-strike-rate jockey — booked, carries a featherweight 8-10 against Caballo De Mar's 9-12, and a last-run win (Form:730-1) at three years old suggests a progressive, still-improving profile that could handle the class rise better than the raw SR implies.

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Full result

Winner: Caballo De Mar (IRE) at SP 5/6F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Caballo De Mar Fox #1 George Scott · Oisin Murphy 13/8
2 Beylerbeyi Fox #3 Ian Williams · Clifford Lee 4/1
3 Ascending Fox #4 Henry De Bromhead · W J Lee 11/2
4 Epic Poet David O'Meara · Daniel Tudhope 10/1
5 Peace Belle Jennie Candlish · Jason Hart 66/1
6 Berkshire Sundance Andrew Balding · P J McDonald 16/1
7 Winday Fox #2 Emmet Mullins · William Buick 7/2
— Queenstown A P O'Brien · Ryan Moore -

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Caballo De Mar 5/4 SP 5/6F 🏆 WON
2 Winday 4/1 7TH
3 Beylerbeyi 4/1 🥈 2ND
4 Ascending 8/1 🥉 3RD