Happy 96th Birthday John Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Sea Pigeon Series Qualifier)

14:15 Sedgefield Tue 29 Sep 2026 2m0f178y Class 5 Good 7 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Spartan Times

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/4 Est. 35%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Spartan Times (SR 95, 7/4) is the class leader in this field and has been heavily backed — a 21% market move in is the strongest support signal on the card, taking it from an opening price to a very firm favourite. Wgt:12-0 is a burden but the SR advantage over the next-best Jolie Coeur Allen (SR 94) and Cawthorne Cracker (SR 86) is meaningful enough to absorb it. DistFit:+ confirms proven ability at this trip, and trainer Jennie Candlish (17%) with conditional jockey Luke Scott (16%) is a competent pairing. The MarkMv:+5 is a mild concern — running off a higher mark than last win — but the market clearly disagrees that it matters. Each-way alternative: Jolie Coeur Allen. Main danger: Jolie Coeur Allen — Jolie Coeur Allen (SR 94, 4/1) drops a class (ClassMv:↓1), runs off a mark 5lb lower than last win (MarkMv:-5), brings excellent course form (W1P3 at Sedgefield), and has slight market support (in 6%) — a horse with every structural advantage bar the weight and SR.

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Full result

Winner: Made All (GB) at SP 6/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Made All Sam England · Rebecca Hitchen(10) 13/2
2 Cawthorne Cracker Fox #3 Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero · Ben Smith(6) 10/3
3 Jolie Coeur Allen Fox #2 Ben Haslam · Charlie Maggs 7/2
4 Langton Wold Brian Ellison · Oakley Brown 14/1
5 Spartan Times Fox #1 Jennie Candlish · Luke Scott(3) 15/8
6 Mr Globalist Lizzie Quinlan · Leah Noreci(5) 20/1
— Alibey Dylan Cunha · Freddie Keighley 10/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Spartan Times 7/4 5TH
2 Jolie Coeur Allen 4/1 🥉 3RD
3 Cawthorne Cracker 3/1 🥈 2ND