Andersons Drainage Serving The South West Handicap Stakes

16:20 Bath Sat 12 Sep 2026 5f160y Class 6 Good 8 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Some Nightmare

SPECULATIVE Advised 10/3 Est. 30%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Some Nightmare (SR 64, 10/3) carries the highest ability rating in the field and drops a class with a mark 6lb lower than last win — a favourable combination in a weak Class 6 sprint. The recent form string 337322 shows consistent placing without a break, and course form of W0P2 at Bath confirms track suitability. The market has shortened 13% since opening, signalling stable confidence, and the weight of 8-12 is the lightest competitive burden in the field, giving a clear lbs advantage over Trafalger (9-9) and May Encounter (9-2) despite a SR edge. The one concern is a nine-year-old's ability to sustain peak form, but the class drop and weight relief offset that age flag. Each-way alternative: Trafalger. Main danger: Trafalger — Trafalger (SR 59, 6/1) has steamed in 21% in the market, holds GoingFit:+ for today's good ground — the only runner to do so — and carries course form of W0P2 at Bath, making it the horse most likely to capitalise if Some Nightmare fails to reproduce its best.

Verify· #17422

Full result

Winner: Macarone (GB) at SP 6/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Macarone Grace Harris · Ben Ffrench Davis(5) 17/2
2 Trafalger Fox #2 Ben Case · Jack Mitchell 13/2
3 Some Nightmare Fox #1 John O'Shea · Alexandra Egan(7) 3/1
4 May Encounter Fox #3 Henry Candy · Jack Callan 3/1
5 Alshimali Tony Carroll · Josephine Gordon 7/1
6 Rock Master Tony Carroll · Myla Coppins(5) 20/1
7 Be An Angel Rod Millman · Daniel Muscutt 9/2
8 Ten Club Adrian Wintle · Finley Marsh 20/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Some Nightmare 10/3 🥉 3RD
2 Trafalger 6/1 🥈 2ND
3 May Encounter 7/2 🏁 4TH