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16:15 Ayr Fri 18 Sep 2026 1m0f0y Class 5 Soft 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Motawaared silks

Motawaared

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 32%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Motawaared (SR 71, 5/2) is the clear SR leader in this Class 5 field by a margin of 7 points over nearest rival Glorious Kitty, and crucially carries a light 9-4 — the same as the 11yo Jewel Maker — meaning his SR advantage is not neutralised by weight. The market has backed him in 21% from the open, Paul Mulrennan (14% strike rate, 2383 rides) is a strong booking for Jim Goldie (14%, 1997 runners), and a recent form line of 565422 shows consistent placed efforts suggesting he is knocking on the door. GoingFit is unknown rather than negative, and DistFit is moderate rather than poor, so there are no hard flags against today's conditions. Each-way alternative: Empirestateofmind. Main danger: Empirestateofmind — Empirestateofmind (SR 64, 13/2) has steamed in 22%, carries confirmed GoingFit:+ on today's soft ground, drops a class, is off a mark 20lb lower than last win (MarkMv:-20), holds course form (W1P2), and Jason Hart (14% SR) is a sharp jockey booking — the combination of big mark drop and proven soft-ground ability on this track makes him the most dangerous horse to Motawaared.

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Full result

Winner: Empirestateofmind (IRE) at SP 5/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Empirestateofmind silks Empirestateofmind Fox #2 John & Sean Quinn · Jason Hart 13/2
  2. 2 Motawaared silks Motawaared Fox #1 Jim Goldie · Paul Mulrennan 5/2
  3. 3 Kelpie Grey silks Kelpie Grey Fox #4 Jim Goldie · Daniel Tudhope 7/1
  4. 4 Thats My Boy Luke silks Thats My Boy Luke Tim Easterby · David Allan 10/1
  5. 5 Eve's Boy silks Eve's Boy Michael Dods · Connor Beasley 10/1
  6. 6 Flying Fletcher silks Flying Fletcher Richard & Peter Fahey · Oisin Orr 7/1
  7. 7 Tap Dancer silks Tap Dancer Jim Goldie · Rhys Elliott(5) 10/1
  8. 8 Glorious Kitty silks Glorious Kitty Fox #3 Michael & David Easterby · Joanna Mason 11/2
  9. 9 Jewel Maker silks Jewel Maker Tim Easterby · Duran Fentiman 40/1
  10. 10 Royale Union silks Royale Union K. R. Burke · Sam James 14/1
  11. 11 Invincible Ruby silks Invincible Ruby Iain Jardine · Andrew Mullen 16/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Motawaared silks Motawaared 5/2 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Empirestateofmind silks Empirestateofmind 13/2 SP 5/1 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Glorious Kitty silks Glorious Kitty 6/1 8TH
  4. 4 Kelpie Grey silks Kelpie Grey 15/2 🥉 3RD