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Bet365 Old Rowley Cup Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)

15:30 Newmarket Fri 09 Oct 2026 1m4f0y Class 2 Good to Firm 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Archers Bay silks

Archers Bay

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/2 Est. 32%

8TH

Mr Fox says

Archers Bay (SR 110, 7/2) is the clear SR leader in this field and the market has aggressively backed that view — shortening 29% to 7/2 with Ryan Moore, a 24%-strike-rate jockey who commands significant confidence. Crucially, the horse carries 9-9 and has proven course form (W1P3 at Newmarket) plus confirmed distance and going fitness (DistFit:+ GoingFit:+), meaning all three environmental factors align. The class drop (↓1) is a further positive even though the mark has risen 8lb — the SR advantage over the next-best runner (Turty Tree at 105, Decade of Time at 103) is meaningful enough at 5-7 points to absorb that penalty. The only caution is the +8 mark move, but at Class 2 with the best SR in the field and elite course-and-distance credentials, Archers Bay is the standout selection. Each-way alternative: Turty Tree. Main danger: Turty Tree — Turty Tree (SR 105, 5/1) arrives on the back of a last-time-out win (form 341261), carries a handy 9-2, is ridden by Oisin Murphy (22% career strike rate), has shortened 21% in the market, and the DistFit:+ confirms genuine stamina for 1m4f — if the +3 mark rise is manageable, Balding's yard's #1 runner is the most credible threat.

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Full result

Winner: Study Of Words (IRE) at SP 10/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Study of Words silks Study of Words Charlie Appleby · William Buick 13/2
  2. 2 Lord d'Or silks Lord d'Or Andrew Balding · Nicola Currie 10/1
  3. 3 Decade of Time silks Decade of Time Fox #3 Jack Channon · George Bass 7/1
  4. 4 Spyce silks Spyce Alan King · Rossa Ryan 13/2
  5. 5 Liberate silks Liberate Harry Eustace · Luke Morris 11/1
  6. 6 Turty Tree silks Turty Tree Fox #2 Andrew Balding · Oisin Murphy 5/1
  7. 7 Into The Light silks Into The Light Charlie Appleby · Toby Moore(7) 18/1
  8. 8 Archers Bay silks Archers Bay Fox #1 Marco Botti · Ryan Moore 7/2
  9. 9 Kahin silks Kahin William Haggas · Saffie Osborne 14/1
  10. 10 Devil's Peak silks Devil's Peak Fox #4 John & Thady Gosden · James Doyle 15/2
  11. — High Storm silks High Storm K. R. Burke · Pierre-Louis Jamin 16/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Archers Bay silks Archers Bay 7/2 8TH
  2. 2 Turty Tree silks Turty Tree 5/1 6TH
  3. 3 Decade of Time silks Decade of Time 7/1 🥉 3RD
  4. 4 Devil's Peak silks Devil's Peak 15/2 10TH