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13:43 Hamilton Mon 21 Sep 2026 1m0f68y Class 6 Soft 7 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Daring Leader silks

Daring Leader

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/1 Est. 28%

🏁 4TH

Mr Fox says

Daring Leader (SR:56, 7/1) is the most compelling case in this weak Class 6 field when signals are stacked together. The market has steamed in 19% — meaningful money in a seven-runner apprentice handicap — and crucially this horse boasts Course:W1P2 at Hamilton, a specialist track that rewards proven course form. DistFit:+ confirms genuine effectiveness at this trip, and the switch to a tongue-piece (HG:p) suggests connections are targeting an improvement. At 7/1 with 19% shortening, the market is pricing this more generously than the signals warrant. Each-way alternative: Little Ted. Main danger: Little Ted — Little Ted (SR:66, 7/4) is the highest-rated horse in the field by a clear margin, has steamed in 23% with Easterby's in-form jockey Jake Dickson (13% strike rate) aboard, and the drop in class (ClassMv:↓1) plus a 5lb mark reduction (MarkMv:-5) make it dangerous to oppose at a short price — the DistFit:- is the one material concern keeping it off the top spot.

Verify· #18911

Full result

Winner: Little Ted (GB) at SP 1/1F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Little Ted silks Little Ted Fox #2 Tim Easterby · Jake Dickson(3) 11/8
  2. 2 Millbuie silks Millbuie Ewan Whillans · William Pyle 16/1
  3. 3 Hostelry silks Hostelry Fox #3 Ruth Carr · Warren Fentiman 4/1
  4. 4 Daring Leader silks Daring Leader Fox #1 Christopher Kellett · Lauren Young(3) 17/2
  5. 5 Toy Soldier silks Toy Soldier Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Lexie Clarkson(7) 8/1
  6. 6 Hale Bopp silks Hale Bopp Daragh Bourke · Amie Waugh 17/2
  7. 7 April Diamond silks April Diamond Iain Jardine · Cara Tuke(7) 13/2

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Daring Leader silks Daring Leader 7/1 🏁 4TH
  2. 2 Little Ted silks Little Ted 7/4 SP 1/1F 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Hostelry silks Hostelry 9/2 🥉 3RD