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Betway Rockfel Stakes (Group 2)

14:25 Newmarket Fri 25 Sep 2026 0m7f0y Class 1 Good 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Light of Dawn silks

Light of Dawn

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 28%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Light of Dawn (SR 114, 4/1) carries the highest Saturday Rating in the field by a clear margin and has produced a four-run form string of 1-3-3-1 — including a recent win — at Group level, suggesting she handles elite juvenile competition better than anything else here. Her DistFit:+ confirms she handles seven furlongs, a critical edge in a field where six of nine runners show DistFit:? at this trip. K.R. Burke at 20% strike rate with James Doyle (21%) is a high-quality booking, and the ClassMv:= means she's not being asked to step up from familiar company. The +2 mark move is negligible. Speed of Sound (SR 105) is steaming in the market (+37%) and must be respected, but her MarkMv:+11 and ClassMv:↑1 represent a stiff ask, and Light of Dawn's SR advantage of 9 points is meaningful at Group level. Each-way alternative: Speed of Sound. Main danger: Speed of Sound — Speed of Sound (SR 105) has steamed 37% in the market, shows Course:W0P1 at Newmarket, and her DistFit:+ confirms she handles seven furlongs — the combination of market money and proven stamina makes her the most credible threat to Light of Dawn.

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Full result

Winner: Pensando A Te (GB) at SP 15/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Pensando A Te silks Pensando A Te Marco Botti · Silvestre De Sousa 6/1
  2. 2 Light of Dawn silks Light of Dawn Fox #1 K. R. Burke · James Doyle 7/2
  3. 3 Ruby Moon silks Ruby Moon Richard & Peter Fahey · Oisin Orr 14/1
  4. 4 Miss Miniver silks Miss Miniver Roger Varian · William Buick 10/1
  5. 5 Speed of Sound silks Speed of Sound Fox #2 Richard Spencer · Saffie Osborne 13/2
  6. 6 Sea Venture silks Sea Venture George Scott · Billy Loughnane 25/1
  7. 7 Sugar Yes Please silks Sugar Yes Please Fox #3 Eve Johnson Houghton · Charles Bishop 6/1
  8. 8 Spirited Gesture silks Spirited Gesture Fox #4 John & Thady Gosden · Colin Keane 11/4
  9. 9 Redline silks Redline Jennie Candlish · Oisin Murphy 100/1
  10. — Siena Storm silks Siena Storm Ed Walker · Kieran Shoemark -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Light of Dawn silks Light of Dawn 4/1 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Speed of Sound silks Speed of Sound 13/2 5TH
  3. 3 Sugar Yes Please silks Sugar Yes Please 5/1 7TH
  4. 4 Spirited Gesture silks Spirited Gesture 15/8 8TH