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By Eck Its Boddingtons Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)
Mr Fox’s call
Glory Road
SPECULATIVE Advised 3/1 SP 5/2 Est. 35%
Mr Fox says
Glory Road (SR 101, 3/1) edges the SR standings and arrives on a 25% market shortening — the sharpest move in the field — suggesting informed money is backing this horse ahead of the race. Dropping one class (ClassMv:↓1) off a mark that is only 6lb above its last win, Ralph Beckett's yard fires at 19% and the form string 2-3210 shows consistent placing followed by a recent 0 that likely came at a stiffer level; the class drop is meaningful. At 9-8 it sits level with Asia Force on weight yet carries a 1-point SR edge, and the 34-day fresher break versus Asia Force's busy campaign is an asset in soft ground where fitness comes to the fore. The one reservation is that neither it nor the field has a proven distance or going record at 1m6f soft, making this partly a stamina test — but Glory Road's breeding and class profile make it the most likely to stay. Each-way alternative: Asia Force. Main danger: Asia Force — Asia Force (SR 100, 6/4) arrives on the back of a last-time-out win (form 223411), drops a class, holds course form (W1P1 at Haydock), and K.R. Burke's 20% trainer strike rate gives it the strongest recent momentum in the field — it could easily dominate if it stays 1m6f soft.
Full result
Winner: Glory Road (GER) at SP 5/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.
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Glory Road Fox #1 11/4
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Itica 14/1
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Glory of The Seas Fox #3 11/4
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Asia Force Fox #2 9/4
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My Ballyquinn 5/1
Top 4 — how each finished
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