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Bet On-Course With Star Sports Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)

13:08 Plumpton Thu 05 Nov 2026 2m3f166y Class 4 Good 4 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Marlacoo silks

Marlacoo

SPECULATIVE Advised 13/8 SP 2/1J Est. 30%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Marlacoo (SR 108, 13/8) is the highest-rated horse in this small field and brings the strongest combination of signals: GoingFit:+ confirms proven ability on today's good ground, DistFit:~ shows a workable distance record, and MarkMv:-2 means it runs off a mark 2lb below its last win — a small but genuine edge. The 19% market support (Mkt:in19%) is the most significant move in the field and aligns with trainer Tom Lacey's 18% strike rate across 632 runners. The form string 3639-5 isn't flashy, but the last run is a fifth that belies no obvious concern, and the horse carries 12-0 — lighter than Sweet Caryline on 12-2 — giving it a 2lb pull on the horse closest in SR rating. Each-way alternative: Sweet Caryline. Main danger: Sweet Caryline — Sweet Caryline has the second-highest SR (103) and a recent win in its form (the '1' in 1163-4), and if the drift proves misleading and it handles the unproven trip and going, it has the experience at age 8 to outbattle Marlacoo late on.

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Full result

Winner: Marlacoo (IRE) at SP 2/1J. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Marlacoo silks Marlacoo Fox #1 Tom Lacey · Stan Sheppard 13/8
  2. 2 Klic Boum silks Klic Boum Mrs C. Williams · Adam Wedge 9/4
  3. 3 Sweet Caryline silks Sweet Caryline Fox #2 Joe Tizzard · Freddie Gingell 5/2
  4. 4 Breezethroughlife silks Breezethroughlife Fox #3 Neil King · Lilly Pinchin 8/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Marlacoo silks Marlacoo 13/8 SP 2/1J 🏆 WON
  2. 2 Sweet Caryline silks Sweet Caryline 11/4 🥉 3RD
  3. 3 Breezethroughlife silks Breezethroughlife 17/2 🏁 4TH