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16:15 Chelmsford (AW) Thu 05 Nov 2026 7f162y Class 4 Good 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

The Hare Rail silks

The Hare Rail

SPECULATIVE Advised 7/2 Est. 22%

🏁 4TH

Mr Fox says

The Hare Rail (SR:82, 7/2) shares the top SR in the field alongside Havana Touch but carries 9-8 — 8lb less than Havana Touch's 10-0 — a meaningful weight advantage in a Class 4 handicap. Crucially, Havana Touch has drifted 19% in the market and has a GoingFit:- on today's Good going, while The Hare Rail has been backed in 15% and shows GoingFit:~ with a last-time-out 2 (placed finish) on a form line of 729312 suggesting upward trajectory. Billy Loughnane (18% strike rate from 3,248 rides) is a strong booking, and the ClassMv:↑1 is offset by the weight relief at 9-8 versus top-weight. The market is moving in The Hare Rail's favour while actively opposing the nominal favourite. Each-way alternative: Kalamunda. Main danger: Havana Touch — Havana Touch shares the top SR (82) and while it has drifted and has GoingFit:-, its top-class jockey David Egan and consistent recent form (261281) mean it cannot be entirely dismissed if the going suits better than the record suggests.

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Full result

Winner: Havana Touch (GB) at SP 3/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Havana Touch silks Havana Touch Fox #3 John Butler · David Egan 11/4
  2. 2 Bajan Bandit silks Bajan Bandit Patrick Morris · Hope Regan(7) 11/2
  3. 3 Sea Founder silks Sea Founder Richard Hughes · Finley Marsh 9/1
  4. 4 The Hare Rail silks The Hare Rail Fox #1 Roger Teal · Billy Loughnane 5/2
  5. 5 Kalamunda silks Kalamunda Fox #2 Joseph Parr · Cieren Fallon 11/1
  6. 6 This Farh silks This Farh David Loughnane · Callum Shepherd 16/1
  7. 7 Nakaaha silks Nakaaha Fox #4 Grace Harris · Rossa Ryan 8/1
  8. 8 Hitched silks Hitched David Simcock · Charles Bishop 25/1
  9. 9 Golden Pharaoh silks Golden Pharaoh Scott Dixon · Christian Howarth(3) 18/1
  10. 10 Musashi silks Musashi David Evans · Amy Tucker(7) 100/1
  11. 11 Mighty Vega silks Mighty Vega Scott Dixon · Kieran O'Neill 14/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 The Hare Rail silks The Hare Rail 7/2 🏁 4TH
  2. 2 Kalamunda silks Kalamunda 10/1 5TH
  3. 3 Havana Touch silks Havana Touch 10/3 SP 3/1 🏆 WON
  4. 4 Nakaaha silks Nakaaha 6/1 7TH