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Middle Distance Handicap Stakes

16:15 Beverley Thu 13 Aug 2026 1m4f23y Class 5 Good to Firm 6 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Mr Moonshine silks

Mr Moonshine

SPECULATIVE Advised 13/8 Est. 35%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Mr Moonshine holds the highest SR in the field at 82, carries the lightest weight at 9-4, and is a 3-year-old with a form string of 24-523 that shows consistent competitiveness at this level. Critically, the market has shortened 21% since opening — the strongest inward move in the race — at 13/8, indicating informed money. The weight advantage over Wardlaw (same SR tier, 9-7) is meaningful on good-to-firm ground over 1m4f, and the Fahey yard operates at a solid 9% strike rate with 430 runners behind them. The only caveat is unknown distance and going fit for all runners here, but Mr Moonshine's class edge and market support tip the balance. Each-way alternative: Wardlaw. Main danger: Wardlaw — Wardlaw (SR:80, 10/3) is trained by Sir Mark Prescott at a 19% strike rate — the strongest trainer stat in the field — has shortened 13% in the market, and at 3 years old carries natural improvement potential over this class despite the 48-day absence.

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Full result

Winner: Wardlaw (USA) at SP 11/8F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Wardlaw silks Wardlaw Fox #2 Sir Mark Prescott Bt · Luke Morris 3/1
  2. 2 Grey Fable silks Grey Fable Fox #3 Karl Thornton · Jason Hart 4/1
  3. 3 Mr Moonshine silks Mr Moonshine Fox #1 Richard & Peter Fahey · Oisin Orr 15/8
  4. 4 That Darn Cantor silks That Darn Cantor Ed Dunlop · Cieren Fallon 5/1
  5. 5 Return With Gold silks Return With Gold Ollie Pears · Harry Russell 33/1
  6. — Sisterandbrother silks Sisterandbrother Joey Ramsden · Lewis Edmunds 7/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Mr Moonshine silks Mr Moonshine 13/8 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Wardlaw silks Wardlaw 10/3 SP 11/8F 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Grey Fable silks Grey Fable 9/2 🥈 2ND