Smarter Gambling Starts At gambling.com Apprentice Handicap Stakes

14:30 Lingfield (AW) Tue 25 Aug 2026 1m0f1y Class 5 Good 9 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Great Blasket

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 30%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Great Blasket (SR:80, 5/2) leads the SR rankings alongside Havana Touch and is priced as market leader with no drift — unlike Havana Touch which has drifted a damaging 28% from its opening price. The recent form string 437613 shows a last-time-out win just 19 days ago, the freshest positive form in the field at this class level. Carrying 10-0 is the top weight, but the 1lb edge in SR over Havana Touch (81 vs 80 but Havana Touch carries 9-10) is marginal; however, Havana Touch's 76-day absence and GoingFit:- on today's good ground are significant negatives that give Great Blasket the edge. The visor headgear is retained from the winning run, and trainer James Owen at 17% strike rate with jockey Christian Howarth booking aligns with stable confidence. Each-way alternative: Dannick. Main danger: Dannick — Dannick (SR:79, 7/2) has a Course:W1P1 record at Lingfield AW, GoingFit:+ on today's good going — the only runner in the field with confirmed positive going fit — and ran just 3 days ago indicating peak fitness, making it the most dangerous rival to Great Blasket.

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Full result

Winner: Dannick (GB) at SP 100/30. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Dannick Fox #3 Gary & Josh Moore · Jude Fernandes(7) 4/1
2 Havana Touch Fox #2 John Butler · Conor Whiteley(3) 3/1
3 Great Blasket Fox #1 James Owen · Christian Howarth 3/1
4 Ernie's Valentine Ross Burdon · Alfie Redman(7) 12/1
5 Majestic Wave Simon Dow · Mason Paetel 18/1
6 Thapa VC Fox #4 Mark Rimell · Toby Moore(5) 8/1
7 Amused Jim Boyle · Donagh Murphy(5) 9/2
8 Renesmee Michael Keady · Kyle McHugh(5) 25/1
9 Nezeeh Jim & Suzi Best · Olivia Tubb(3) 80/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Great Blasket 5/2 🥉 3RD
2 Havana Touch 4/1 🥈 2ND
3 Dannick 7/2 SP 100/30 🏆 WON
4 Thapa VC 7/1 6TH