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Par Inn Bulpin Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Race

16:43 Newton Abbot Mon 28 Sep 2026 3m2f105y Class 5 Good 7 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Glitz And Glamour silks

Glitz And Glamour

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/1 Est. 26%

🏁 4TH

Mr Fox says

Glitz And Glamour (SR:74, 11/1) has steamed in 26% in the market — the sharpest move in the field — which in a small amateur-riders' handicap hurdle over 3m2f signals stable confidence that cannot be ignored, especially given trainer Neil King's solid 23% strike rate. At 12-0 top-weight the burden is real, but at age 5 with scope to improve and on good ground (GoingFit:~, not actively opposed) the weight is manageable for a horse the market is actively backing. The DistFit:? across the field means no runner has a proven trip advantage, levelling that playing field, and Glitz And Glamour's market move stands alone as the clearest directional signal in a weak Class 5 heat. Final Entry (SR:94) is the most able on SR but carries a 19% drift, poor going record (GoingFit:-), and a +3 mark rise — the combination of drifting money and going concerns is enough to pivot away. Each-way alternative: French Diablo. Main danger: Final Entry — Final Entry holds the field's highest SR (94), has course form (W2P4 at Newton Abbot), and David Pipe's 16% yard strike rate keeps it dangerous even if the 19% drift and GoingFit:- are concerns.

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Full result

Winner: Bits Ballou (GB) at SP 6/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Bits Ballou silks Bits Ballou Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies · Mr Lucas Murphy(7) 11/2
  2. 2 French Diablo silks French Diablo Fox #3 Max Comley · Miss Aimee Jones(7) 9/2
  3. 3 Pooroldmackley silks Pooroldmackley Fox #4 Mrs C. Williams · Miss Eleanor Williams(5) 2/1
  4. 4 Glitz And Glamour silks Glitz And Glamour Fox #1 Neil King · Mr Evan Lonergan(7) 12/1
  5. 5 Ask Peter silks Ask Peter Anthony Honeyball · Mr William Higgs(7) 9/1
  6. — Final Entry silks Final Entry Fox #2 David Pipe · Mr James Shaw(7) 9/2
  7. — Poet's Muse silks Poet's Muse I Chanin · Mr James King 17/2

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Glitz And Glamour silks Glitz And Glamour 11/1 🏁 4TH
  2. 2 Final Entry silks Final Entry 9/2
  3. 3 French Diablo silks French Diablo 4/1 🥈 2ND
  4. 4 Pooroldmackley silks Pooroldmackley 9/4 🥉 3RD