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J&P Civil Engineering British EBF Maiden Stakes (Colts And Geldings Only)

16:35 Haydock Sat 26 Sep 2026 0m7f212y Class 3 Soft 7 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Hands To Yourself silks

Hands To Yourself

SPECULATIVE Advised 6/4 Est. 38%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Hands To Yourself (SR 158, 6/4) is the highest-rated runner in the field and has steamed in 14% from opening price, suggesting stable confidence and informed money. A course place already banked (Course:W0P1) on what is a specialist, galloping track at Haydock is meaningful evidence, and at 7f212y on soft ground, stamina will be tested — this horse's second-place debut run at the same class shows it handles a genuine test. The Michael Bell/Hector Crouch combination is strike-rate solid at 13%/18% respectively, and nothing in the market move suggests anything but forward planning from connections. Impasto (SR 156) is the danger at 15/8 but has drifted 10% suggesting the Balding yard is less bullish than Bell's. Each-way alternative: Royal Acclamation. Main danger: Impasto — Impasto (SR 156, 15/8) is only 2lb below the top-rated horse on SR, trained by the high-volume Andrew Balding yard at 18% strike rate, and a second on debut at the same class leaves plenty of room for physical improvement over this stiff 7f212y trip on soft ground.

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Full result

Winner: Game Character (GB) at SP 7/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Game Character silks Game Character Hugo Palmer · David Probert 6/1
  2. 2 Royal Acclamation silks Royal Acclamation Fox #3 Charlie Appleby · Toby Moore(7) 7/2
  3. 3 Hands To Yourself silks Hands To Yourself Fox #1 Michael Bell · Hector Crouch 9/4
  4. 4 Dancing Dunes silks Dancing Dunes Ralph Beckett · Callum Rodriguez 25/1
  5. 5 Impasto silks Impasto Fox #2 Andrew Balding · P. J. McDonald 13/8
  6. 6 River Glen silks River Glen Rebecca Menzies · Daniel Tudhope 150/1
  7. — Nicamoo silks Nicamoo David Loughnane · Sam James 300/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Hands To Yourself silks Hands To Yourself 6/4 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Impasto silks Impasto 15/8 5TH
  3. 3 Royal Acclamation silks Royal Acclamation 7/2 🥈 2ND