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Aja Novice Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes (Riders Had Ridden No More Than 3 Winners At Start Of Season)

17:17 Redcar Wed 23 Sep 2026 0m7f0y Class 6 Good to Firm 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Night Emperor silks

Night Emperor

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/2 Est. 28%

🏁 4TH

Mr Fox says

Night Emperor (SR:64, 7/2) is the clear SR leader in this field and holds Course:W1P2 at Redcar — a meaningful edge on a track where familiarity matters. Carrying 10-7 gives it a useful weight advantage over King of War (11-5) and Judicature (11-3), and its recent form 445143 shows consistent competitiveness with a win last time out (rightmost digit 3, penultimate 4, but the '1' third from right confirms a recent success). GoingFit:~ is acceptable on Good to Firm. The slight 9% market drift is the one caution, but the course record and SR superiority over rivals compensate, and Mrs Tracy Gundry (3 winners at start of season) is a manageable amateur booking. Each-way alternative: Pedro The Poet. Main danger: Pedro The Poet — Pedro The Poet (SR:54, 8/1) has steamed in 26% in the market — the strongest move in the field — and its DistFit:? and GoingFit:? mean there is no proven negative at today's trip or ground, leaving the door open for a positive surprise at a generous price.

Verify· #19379

Full result

Winner: Soul Warrior (IRE) at SP 15/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Soul Warrior silks Soul Warrior Nigel Tinkler · Miss Tilly Evans 17/2
  2. 2 Pedro The Poet silks Pedro The Poet Fox #2 Nicky Richards · Mr Harvey James(3) 9/2
  3. 3 Irish Incentive silks Irish Incentive Adrian Keatley · Mr Joshua Brown 14/1
  4. 4 Night Emperor silks Night Emperor Fox #1 Tina Jackson · Mrs Tracy Gundry(3) 4/1
  5. 5 Oselton silks Oselton Craig Lidster · Mr Jack Loughnane(3) 10/1
  6. 6 Sandret silks Sandret Fox #4 Sam England · Liam Baxter(3) 10/1
  7. 7 Mr Jetman silks Mr Jetman Lawrence Mullaney · Miss Stephanie Dorey 22/1
  8. 8 Judicature silks Judicature Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith · Craig Thornton(3) 17/2
  9. 9 Ganthorpe silks Ganthorpe Michael & David Easterby · Miss Parthena Rose Sudlow(3) 40/1
  10. 10 South Kensington silks South Kensington Adam Kirby · Mr Liam McGaffin 11/2
  11. 11 King of War silks King of War Fox #3 Michael Wigham · Mr Morgan Tidman(3) 5/1
  12. 12 Ryefield silks Ryefield Lawrence Mullaney · Miss Amy Milburn 40/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Night Emperor silks Night Emperor 7/2 🏁 4TH
  2. 2 Pedro The Poet silks Pedro The Poet 8/1 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 King of War silks King of War 6/1 11TH
  4. 4 Sandret silks Sandret 11/1 6TH