Race & Rest - Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap Stakes (Div I)

18:12 Wolverhampton (AW) Mon 21 Sep 2026 7f36y Class 6 Good 10 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Faster Bee

SPECULATIVE Advised 8/1 Est. 28%

8TH

Mr Fox says

Faster Bee (SR:56, 8/1) is the standout on combined signals. The 38% market steam is the most aggressive move in this field and cannot be ignored — money is being placed with conviction on an 8/1 shot. Course form of W2P3 at Wolverhampton is excellent and directly relevant on this specialist AW track. Trainer Fergal O'Brien at 15% strike rate with jockey Gina Mangan is a workmanlike pairing, and the 9-9 weight is manageable at Class 6 with the best SR in the field at 56. The DistFit:- and GoingFit:- flags are a concern, but the course record and market confidence override those doubts in a field this moderate. Each-way alternative: Maury. Main danger: Cuban Fiesta — Cuban Fiesta (SR:59, 7/2) is the SR leader in the field and arrives off a last-time-out win (form ending in 1) with a favourable 9-5 weight, making it the most credible form threat despite the 16% market drift.

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Full result

Winner: Barry The Worm (GB) at SP 5/2F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Barry The Worm Edward Smyth-Osbourne · Alistair Rawlinson 4/1
2 Joud Edward Bethell · Cian Horgan(5) 13/2
3 Cuban Fiesta Fox #2 Gihan Arnolda · Jack Dace(5) 7/2
4 Tortola Alastair Ralph · Robert Havlin 7/1
5 My Prerogative David Killahena & Graeme McPherson · Luke Morris 28/1
6 Horus Michael Attwater · Kieren Fox 25/1
7 Maury Fox #3 Craig Benton · Georgia Dobie 9/2
8 Faster Bee Fox #1 Fergal O'Brien · Gina Mangan 6/1
9 Captain Kinsella John Gallagher · Ethan Tindall(5) 50/1
10 Baggie Boy Tony Carroll · Marco Ghiani 14/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Faster Bee 8/1 8TH
2 Cuban Fiesta 7/2 🥉 3RD
3 Maury 4/1 7TH