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Barbara Snow 60th Birthday Celebration Handicap Stakes (Div II)

16:55 Salisbury Thu 01 Oct 2026 1m1f201y Class 4 Good to Soft 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Sintra silks

Sintra

SPECULATIVE Advised 10/11 Est. 38%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Sintra (SR:93, 10/11) is the class standout by a clear margin — the nearest rival Get This In is SR:80, a 13-point gap that is significant at this level. The 38% market steam from opening confirms strong stable confidence from Andrew Balding (18% strike rate, 3032 runners — a major yard), and Colin Keane at 16% on 2353 career rides is a quality booking. The ClassMv:↓2 drop in class is a material edge, and while MarkMv:+7 means the handicapper has raised the mark since last win, the SR advantage absorbs that comfortably. GoingFit:? is the one unknown — no proven record on Good to Soft — but at 10/11 the market is clearly not concerned, and the Balding yard rarely fires big-money handicappers blind. Each-way alternative: Cotton Bud. Main danger: Cotton Bud — Cotton Bud (SR:78, 8/1) has also steamed 38% in the market, carries the lightest weight at 9-1 giving her a full 11lb advantage over Sintra, and the ClassMv:↓2 drop mirrors Sintra's own positive class move — if the market is right on both, Cotton Bud's weight advantage could prove decisive.

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Full result

Winner: Due To Henry (GB) at SP 33/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Due To Henry silks Due To Henry Eve Johnson Houghton · Oliver Carmichael(7) 25/1
  2. 2 Sintra silks Sintra Fox #1 Andrew Balding · Colin Keane 6/5
  3. 3 Get This In silks Get This In Fox #3 David Menuisier · Hector Crouch 8/1
  4. 4 Royale Goodnight silks Royale Goodnight Harry Charlton · Lewis Edmunds 28/1
  5. 5 Sergei Breeze silks Sergei Breeze Kathy Turner · Ben Ffrench Davis(5) 13/2
  6. 6 Wreck It Ronnie silks Wreck It Ronnie Charlie Pike · Kieren Fox 12/1
  7. 7 Big Bear Hug silks Big Bear Hug Jim Boyle · Pat Cosgrave 22/1
  8. 8 Wuood silks Wuood Richard Hannon · Pat Dobbs 10/1
  9. 9 Blue Wonder silks Blue Wonder Hughie Morrison · Tom Marquand 13/2
  10. 10 Cotton Bud silks Cotton Bud Fox #2 Shaun Lycett · David Egan 17/2
  11. 11 Exactly Right silks Exactly Right Neil Mulholland · Charlie Tucker(7) 80/1
  12. — Kimeko Glory silks Kimeko Glory Charles Hills · Saffie Osborne -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Sintra silks Sintra 10/11 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Cotton Bud silks Cotton Bud 8/1 10TH
  3. 3 Get This In silks Get This In 13/2 🥉 3RD