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First Furnishings Handicap Stakes

16:24 Yarmouth Mon 12 Oct 2026 0m6f3y Class 5 Good to Soft 13 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Raffles Angel silks

Raffles Angel

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/1 Est. 18%

12TH

Mr Fox says

Raffles Angel (SR:81, 5/1, Wgt:9-10) holds the second-highest SR in the field and is the only horse combining proven course form (Course:W2P3 at Yarmouth — a specialist track where familiarity matters) with market support (Mkt:in9%). The recent form string 633031 shows a last-time-out win and the return to the same class (ClassMv:=) means no step up in grade. Jockey Callum Shepherd (15% career strike rate) is a solid booking and the +3 mark rise is modest after a win. The main rival Methgal (SR:84) is the top-rated horse but has drifted 29% in the market and steps up a class (ClassMv:↑1) off a mark 7lb higher than at last win — three compounding negatives that make the favourite look vulnerable today. Each-way alternative: Startled Angel. Main danger: Methgal — Methgal's SR:84 is the highest in the field and the consistent 212212 form at a quicker turnaround (Days:13) suggests peak fitness, so if the class rise and mark rise don't blunt him, he has the raw ability to override the negatives.

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Full result

Winner: Izzy Fast (GB) at SP 11/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Izzy Fast silks Izzy Fast Philip McBride · Jack Callan 12/1
  2. 2 So Sassy silks So Sassy James Fanshawe · Daniel Muscutt 14/1
  3. 3 Methgal silks Methgal Fox #2 Dylan Cunha · Marco Ghiani 4/1
  4. 4 First Folio silks First Folio Julie Camacho · Dylan Hogan 14/1
  5. 5 Good Earth silks Good Earth Michael Herrington · Charlie Tucker(7) 14/1
  6. 6 Startled Lady silks Startled Lady Fox #3 William Knight · Tom Marquand 10/1
  7. 7 Kimbara silks Kimbara Richard Spencer · George Wood 7/1
  8. 8 Ribenska silks Ribenska Fox #4 Charlie Fellowes · Darragh Keenan 17/2
  9. 9 Dark Side Thunder silks Dark Side Thunder Jessica Macey · Lewis Edmunds 16/1
  10. 10 Frantic silks Frantic Ed Walker · Kieran Shoemark 17/2
  11. 11 Splash silks Splash Dean Ivory · Robert Havlin 16/1
  12. 12 Raffles Angel silks Raffles Angel Fox #1 Jack Jones · Callum Shepherd 6/1
  13. 13 Deluded silks Deluded Charlie Fellowes · Paddy Bradley 10/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Raffles Angel silks Raffles Angel 5/1 12TH
  2. 2 Methgal silks Methgal 10/3 🥉 3RD
  3. 3 Startled Lady silks Startled Lady 8/1 6TH
  4. 4 Ribenska silks Ribenska 15/2 8TH