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British Horse Society Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (Div I) (GBB Race)

15:33 Newbury Thu 05 Nov 2026 2m69y Class 4 Good to Soft 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Wordfromhome silks

Wordfromhome

MEDIUM Advised 11/8 SP 5/4F Est. 38%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Wordfromhome (SR:160, 11/8) is the highest-rated horse in this field by a clear margin — 7 points above Itsallfrenchtome (SR:153) and 10 points above Block Flight (SR:150) — and crucially is the only runner to have shown a winning debut performance (Form:1), giving it concrete evidence of ability rather than a blank slate. Paul Nicholls (22% strike rate, 594 runners) is a yard that knows how to place bumper horses and Sam Twiston-Davies (18%, 1,078 runners) is a proven booking in this sphere. The market has held steady at 11/8, which against a backdrop of significant drifters elsewhere (Block Flight out 23%, Manu du Noyer out 43%) suggests informed confidence — no drift is a positive signal in its own right here. Each-way alternative: Itsallfrenchtome. Main danger: Itsallfrenchtome — Itsallfrenchtome (SR:153, 9/2, Mkt:in19%) has the second-highest SR in the field, is backed by Harry Fry's 18% yard, and the 19% market shortening on a debutant in a bumper is exactly the kind of whisper that sometimes proves well-founded.

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Full result

Winner: Wordfromhome (IRE) at SP 5/4F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Wordfromhome silks Wordfromhome Fox #1 Paul Nicholls · Sam Twiston-Davies 11/8
  2. 2 Noble Viking silks Noble Viking Fox #4 Philip Hobbs & Johnson White · Sean Houlihan 12/1
  3. 3 Block Flight silks Block Flight Fox #3 Nicky Henderson · Nico de Boinville 13/2
  4. 4 Manu du Noyer silks Manu du Noyer Dan Skelton · Harry Skelton 17/2
  5. 5 Le Lempriere silks Le Lempriere Warren Greatrex · Sean Bowen 8/1
  6. 6 Alltheliesyatoldme silks Alltheliesyatoldme Oliver Signy · Charlie Price 50/1
  7. 7 Itsallfrenchtome silks Itsallfrenchtome Fox #2 Harry Fry · Bryan Carver 7/2
  8. 8 He's Happy silks He's Happy Syd Hosie · Tom Bellamy 100/1
  9. 9 Running Dream silks Running Dream Neil King · Jack Quinlan 40/1
  10. 10 New Perspective silks New Perspective Chris Honour · Jonathan Burke 22/1
  11. 11 Rightwillbedone silks Rightwillbedone John O'Shea · Charlie Deutsch 33/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Wordfromhome silks Wordfromhome 11/8 SP 5/4F 🏆 WON
  2. 2 Itsallfrenchtome silks Itsallfrenchtome 9/2 7TH
  3. 3 Block Flight silks Block Flight 9/2 🥉 3RD
  4. 4 Noble Viking silks Noble Viking 12/1 🥈 2ND