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Jewson Hexham Handicap Hurdle Race

14:48 Hexham Fri 02 Oct 2026 2m0f48y Class 3 Good 7 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Double Digits silks

Double Digits

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/2 Est. 32%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Double Digits (SR:117, 7/2) carries the best Saturday Rating in the field off a favourable 11-9, giving it a meaningful weight edge over top-weight Moveit Like Minnie (SR:116, 12-0) despite near-identical ability scores. The market has shortened 16% since opening — significant money arriving without an obvious public narrative — and Ann Hamilton's 19% yard strike rate is the best in the field. The recent form line of 124-22 shows consistent competitiveness at a level above today's Class 3, and there is no class-drop penalty obscuring the form (no ClassMv flag suggests stable class). The absence of distance and going data flags (DistFit:? / GoingFit:?) is a mild concern but is outweighed by the convergence of SR leadership, weight advantage, and genuine market confidence. Each-way alternative: Mr McLoughlan. Main danger: Mr McLoughlan — Mr McLoughlan (SR:116, 15/8) is the market leader having shortened 17% — the second-largest move in the field — drops two class tiers off the same winning mark (ClassMv:↓2, MarkMv:=), and Brian Hughes (19% career strike rate) is the most accomplished jockey in the race, all of which makes it the most likely horse to beat Double Digits.

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Full result

Winner: Mr Mcloughlan (GB) at SP 13/8F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Mr McLoughlan silks Mr McLoughlan Fox #2 Adrian Keatley · Brian Hughes 13/8
  2. 2 Moveit Like Minnie silks Moveit Like Minnie Fox #3 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies · Sam Twiston-Davies 10/3
  3. 3 Two Auld Pals silks Two Auld Pals Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Gregor Walkingshaw(10) 14/1
  4. 4 Winds of Winter silks Winds of Winter George Bewley · Jonathon Bewley 11/1
  5. 5 Double Digits silks Double Digits Fox #1 Ann Hamilton · Danny McMenamin 4/1
  6. 6 Kaikoura silks Kaikoura Susan Corbett · Nathan Moscrop 14/1
  7. 7 Banderas silks Banderas Sam England · Jonathan England 7/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Double Digits silks Double Digits 7/2 5TH
  2. 2 Mr McLoughlan silks Mr McLoughlan 15/8 SP 13/8F 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Moveit Like Minnie silks Moveit Like Minnie 7/2 🥈 2ND