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British Stallion Studs EBF 'Jersey Lily' Fillies' Nursery Handicap Stakes

13:22 Newmarket Sat 26 Sep 2026 0m7f0y Class 2 Good 11 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Fire Thunder silks

Fire Thunder

SPECULATIVE Advised 4/1 Est. 32%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Fire Thunder (SR 90, 4/1, 8-8) is the top-rated horse in the field and carries the lightest weight among the leading contenders — a significant lbs edge over Sierra Belle (9-5), Al Samsama (9-9) and Polyxena (9-6). The double going and distance confirmation (GoingFit:+ and DistFit:+) is the only such combination in the field, and the market has shortened 42% since opening — the strongest steaming signal alongside Marsala. The form string '222152' shows consistent competitiveness at a high level with a recent win (the '1' two runs ago) and only a 1lb rise in the mark. Marco Botti's yard identifies Fire Thunder as its #1 runner given the superior SR over stablemate Zephyra (SR 84), and Silvestre De Sousa takes the ride over the less proven booking on Zephyra. Each-way alternative: Zephyra. Main danger: Zephyra — Zephyra (SR 84, 17/2) has steamed 31% in the market, carries 9-1 — a comfortable weight — and Oisin Murphy (22% career strike rate, the highest jockey strike rate in the field) takes the ride, which in a Botti two-runner situation is a significant booking signal that Murphy has chosen this one.

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Full result

Winner: Al Samsama (IRE) at SP 9/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Al Samsama silks Al Samsama Fox #4 Richard Hughes · Billy Loughnane 11/2
  2. 2 Polyxena silks Polyxena Stuart Williams · Marco Ghiani 11/2
  3. 3 Marsala silks Marsala Ralph Beckett · Saffie Osborne 11/2
  4. 4 Next of Kin silks Next of Kin William Haggas · Tom Marquand 15/2
  5. 5 Fire Thunder silks Fire Thunder Fox #1 Marco Botti · Silvestre De Sousa 7/2
  6. 6 Tansy Lane silks Tansy Lane James Owen · Robert Havlin 12/1
  7. 7 Bymiddaytomorrow silks Bymiddaytomorrow Ed Walker · Clifford Lee 17/2
  8. 8 Zephyra silks Zephyra Fox #2 Marco Botti · Oisin Murphy 9/1
  9. 9 Tie A Navyribbon silks Tie A Navyribbon William Stone · Josephine Gordon 28/1
  10. 10 Kiah silks Kiah Brian Meehan · David Egan 12/1
  11. — Sierra Belle silks Sierra Belle Fox #3 Ralph Beckett · Rossa Ryan 7/2

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Fire Thunder silks Fire Thunder 4/1 5TH
  2. 2 Zephyra silks Zephyra 17/2 8TH
  3. 3 Sierra Belle silks Sierra Belle 7/2
  4. 4 Al Samsama silks Al Samsama 11/2 SP 9/2 🏆 WON