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Bridge, The Home Of The Carvery Nursery Handicap Stakes

13:49 Ffos Las Sun 27 Sep 2026 5f Class 5 Soft 8 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Rhodes Runner silks

Rhodes Runner

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/4 SP 9/4F Est. 32%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Rhodes Runner (SR 80, 9/4) is the class standout in this field — the SR gap over the next-best (Knock Three Times at SR 74, Naval Cop at SR 70) is meaningful in a Class 5 nursery. Carrying 9-9, a 10lb pull on Naval Cop and 7lb on the Osborne pair, yet the SR advantage more than justifies the weight. The 9% market shortening confirms stable confidence, and the drop in class (ClassMv:↓1) with Ralph Beckett operating at a strong 19% career strike rate provides the connections edge. Form reading 246421 shows a recent win and consistent competitiveness; the step back to 5f on soft is the only question mark, but DistFit:~ suggests it is not a disqualifying concern. Each-way alternative: Knock Three Times. Main danger: Wolf's Gallop — Wolf's Gallop (SR 68, 6/1) carries the lightest competitive weight at 9-2, has steamed in 14% suggesting market intelligence, and Tom Lacey's 19% strike rate matches Beckett's — if the soft ground turns the race into a slog, the low weight could prove decisive.

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Full result

Winner: Rhodes Runner (IRE) at SP 9/4F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Rhodes Runner silks Rhodes Runner Fox #1 Ralph Beckett · Rhys Clutterbuck 5/2
  2. 2 Wolf's Gallop silks Wolf's Gallop Fox #3 Tom Lacey · Rob Hornby 10/1
  3. 3 Perigord Noir silks Perigord Noir George Baker · Benoit de la Sayette 9/2
  4. 4 Defiant Dream silks Defiant Dream Mark Usher · Tyler Heard 40/1
  5. 5 Knock Three Times silks Knock Three Times Fox #2 Jamie Osborne · Saffie Osborne 9/2
  6. 6 Blondie Larry silks Blondie Larry Jamie Osborne · William Carver 8/1
  7. 7 Naval Cop silks Naval Cop Fox #4 Andrew Balding · Callum Hutchinson 7/2
  8. 8 Niewiadoma silks Niewiadoma Archie Watson · Gina Mangan 20/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Rhodes Runner silks Rhodes Runner 9/4 SP 9/4F 🏆 WON
  2. 2 Knock Three Times silks Knock Three Times 9/2 5TH
  3. 3 Wolf's Gallop silks Wolf's Gallop 6/1 🥈 2ND
  4. 4 Naval Cop silks Naval Cop 5/1 7TH