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Boodles Handicap Stakes

15:45 Yarmouth Thu 17 Sep 2026 0m6f3y Class 3 Good to Soft 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Midnight Thunder silks

Midnight Thunder

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 32%

8TH

Mr Fox says

Midnight Thunder (SR 99, 5/2) is the highest-rated horse in the field by a meaningful margin and carries the market's most emphatic endorsement — a 39% inward move is serious money talking in a 9-runner Class 3. The 9-13 weight is the heaviest in the field but SR 99 represents a genuine class edge over rivals clustered in the 81-95 range, and the Saeed bin Suroor/Oisin Murphy combination (20%/22% strike rates) on a horse returning after just 12 days suggests confident connections. Course form of W1P1 at Yarmouth is a real asset on this specialist track, and DistFit:~ combined with a form string showing a win two runs back (the '5' and '2' in /40-52 show progressive engagement) gives a workable recent profile. Each-way alternative: Another Abbot. Main danger: Purosangue — Purosangue (SR 92, 13/2) has steamed in 31% in the market, drops a class, runs off a mark 13lb below last win (the most favourable MarkMv in the field), and carries a light 9-10 — if the cheekpieces sharpen him up on the drop in class, that massive mark drop could see him outrun his recent poor form string.

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Full result

Winner: Pilu (IRE) at SP 4/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Pilu silks Pilu Fox #4 Roger Teal · Joe Leavy 9/2
  2. 2 Another Abbot silks Another Abbot Fox #3 William Haggas · Harry Davies 17/2
  3. 3 Art Lover silks Art Lover William Haggas · Tom Marquand 10/1
  4. 4 God of War silks God of War Tom Clover · David Egan 11/1
  5. 5 Kodi Lion silks Kodi Lion Michael Appleby · Rossa Ryan 17/2
  6. 6 Westport silks Westport George Boughey · Billy Loughnane 12/1
  7. 7 Dapper Valley silks Dapper Valley Michael Keady · Darragh Keenan 33/1
  8. 8 Midnight Thunder silks Midnight Thunder Fox #1 Saeed bin Suroor · Oisin Murphy 7/4
  9. 9 Purosangue silks Purosangue Fox #2 Robert Cowell · Jack Mitchell 7/1
  10. — Deep Havana silks Deep Havana Hamad Al Jehani · James Doyle -
  11. — So Darn Hot silks So Darn Hot Ed Walker · Kieran Shoemark -
  12. — Ray Mon Dough silks Ray Mon Dough Oliver Cole · Sean Levey -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Midnight Thunder silks Midnight Thunder 5/2 8TH
  2. 2 Purosangue silks Purosangue 13/2 9TH
  3. 3 Another Abbot silks Another Abbot 6/1 🥈 2ND
  4. 4 Pilu silks Pilu 5/1 SP 4/1 🏆 WON