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15:15 Brighton Thu 15 Oct 2026 1m1f207y Class 6 Good 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Dream of Ithaca silks

Dream of Ithaca

SPECULATIVE Advised 6/1 Est. 17%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Dream of Ithaca (SR:64, 6/1) carries a featherweight 9-0 and has a course win and place to its name (Course:W1P1), giving it a proven track record at Brighton specifically. The market has backed it in sharply — Mkt:in21% — which is the strongest steaming signal in the field and carries real informational weight. Its form string 558117 shows back-to-back wins before the latest run, suggesting a progressive 3yo who has found form, and it runs off the same class mark (ClassMv:=) with only a modest +3lb mark rise. The favourite Shifra (SR:72, 9/4) is the obvious threat but has drifted 16% from its opening price — a meaningful signal — and faces a MarkMv:+8 penalty above its last win, which on good ground at this trip asks a real question. Each-way alternative: Skimming Along. Main danger: Shifra — Shifra carries the highest SR in the field (72), is proven at the trip and on good ground (DistFit:+, GoingFit:+), and its recent 121 form at the same class level is genuinely strong — the 16% drift is a concern but the underlying data remains the most solid in the race.

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Full result

Winner: Skimming Along (IRE) at SP 11/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Skimming Along silks Skimming Along Fox #4 Daniel Steele · Alec Voikhansky 6/1
  2. 2 Celtic Spirit silks Celtic Spirit Karen Jewell · Dylan Hogan 9/1
  3. 3 Dream of Ithaca silks Dream of Ithaca Fox #1 John Gallagher · Liam Wright(3) 8/1
  4. 4 Cosmic Girl silks Cosmic Girl Fox #3 Andrew Balding · Callum Hutchinson 7/2
  5. 5 Shifra silks Shifra Fox #2 Pat Phelan · Paddy Bradley 9/4
  6. 6 All About George silks All About George Keiran Burke · Josephine Gordon 28/1
  7. 7 Fitzmaurice silks Fitzmaurice Tony Carroll · Jack Doughty 25/1
  8. 8 Muy Muy Loco silks Muy Muy Loco Simon Dow · Tyler Heard 12/1
  9. 9 Vitality silks Vitality Charlie Johnston · Callum Shepherd 14/1
  10. — Benavente silks Benavente Gary Brown · Finley Marsh 125/1
  11. — Summer Evening silks Summer Evening David Flood · David Probert 12/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Dream of Ithaca silks Dream of Ithaca 6/1 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Shifra silks Shifra 9/4 5TH
  3. 3 Cosmic Girl silks Cosmic Girl 4/1 🏁 4TH
  4. 4 Skimming Along silks Skimming Along 7/1 SP 11/2 🏆 WON