No Napier No Party Apprentice Handicap Stakes

16:07 Musselburgh Sat 12 Sep 2026 1m0f2y Class 6 Good 9 runners

Mr Fox’s call

King Sharja

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/2 SP 9/2 Est. 26%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

King Sharja (SR:61, 9/2) carries the second-lightest weight among the contenders at 9-5 and has seen a significant 16% market move in, the strongest steaming of any horse in the field, suggesting informed support. While DistFit:- and GoingFit:- are concerns, these apply to most of the field, and the mark is down 5lb since his last win, giving connections reason to target this race. Running off the same class mark with a live jockey booking (Tom Kiely-Marshall, 10% CR from 487 runners), the weight-plus-market combination makes King Sharja the most convincing case in a weakly-rated Class 6 field where the SR leader has drifted sharply. Each-way alternative: Thats My Boy Luke. Main danger: Approaching Dawn — Approaching Dawn (SR:56, 13/2) has a Course:W1P2 record at Musselburgh — genuine course form — a 6% market move in, and carries the lightest weight of the senior contenders at 9-2, all of which combine to make him the most likely horse to spoil the party.

Verify· #17414

Full result

Winner: King Sharja (GB) at SP 9/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 King Sharja Fox #1 Ruth Carr · Tom Kiely-Marshall 5/1
2 Thats My Boy Luke Fox #3 Tim Easterby · Jake Dickson(3) 7/2
3 Due Respect Catch Bissett · Shay Farmer(3) 10/1
4 Book Of Life Fox #2 Patrick Morris · Ethan Tindall(3) 4/1
5 Our Nicola David & Nicola Barron · William Pyle 11/1
6 Hale Bopp Daragh Bourke · Cian Horgan(3) 7/2
7 Approaching Dawn Fox #4 Jim Goldie · Amie Waugh 15/2
8 Defence Missile Linda Perratt · Alex Jary 40/1
— Eagles Dream Tristan Davidson · Lexie Clarkson(7) 17/2

Top 4 — how each finished

1 King Sharja 9/2 SP 9/2 🏆 WON
2 Book Of Life 11/4 🏁 4TH
3 Thats My Boy Luke 4/1 🥈 2ND
4 Approaching Dawn 13/2 7TH