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Franklin Hodge Handicap Stakes (Div II)

15:51 Wolverhampton (AW) Fri 02 Oct 2026 6f20y Class 5 Good 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Campenaerts silks

Campenaerts

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/4 Est. 28%

🏁 4TH

Mr Fox says

Campenaerts (SR:74, 11/4) shares the joint-highest SR in the field alongside Queen Sana and carries the second-lightest weight at 9-9, giving it a tangible lbs advantage over most rivals. The MarkMv:-4 signals it is running off a mark 4lb lower than its last win — a clear handicapper's gift — and the course form (W1P2) at Wolverhampton is a meaningful advantage on a track where familiarity counts. The 6% market shortening suggests steady professional support rather than panic money, aligning with the connections case. The one genuine concern is DistFit:- at this 6f20y trip, but the mark reduction and weight relief provide material compensation, and the recent form string (-69782) shows progressive improvement in finishing positions. Each-way alternative: Queen Sana. Main danger: Queen Sana — Queen Sana (SR:74, 9/2) matches Campenaerts on ability, has a proven DistFit:+ at this trip and won last time out (form ending in 1), so Billy Loughnane — one of the busiest and most effective apprentices in Britain — could exploit that course-and-distance fitness even if the market drift to 9/2 from a shorter morning price is a mild concern.

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Full result

Winner: Phoenix Moon (IRE) at SP 22/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Phoenix Moon silks Phoenix Moon Denis Coakley · Rob Hornby 20/1
  2. 2 Arishka's Dream silks Arishka's Dream Daniel & Claire Kubler · Alec Voikhansky 8/1
  3. 3 Shaw Park silks Shaw Park Scott Dixon · Kieran O'Neill 7/1
  4. 4 Campenaerts silks Campenaerts Fox #1 Jonathan Portman · Olivia Tubb(5) 5/2
  5. 5 Montpellier Green silks Montpellier Green Ian Williams · William Cox 16/1
  6. 6 Lamlash Bay silks Lamlash Bay Fox #3 Michael & David Easterby · Shay Farmer(5) 5/1
  7. 7 Far Too Fizzy silks Far Too Fizzy Fox #4 David Loughnane · Jack Doughty 5/1
  8. 8 Early Release silks Early Release David Evans · Amy Tucker(7) 40/1
  9. 9 Fordham Flyer silks Fordham Flyer Philip Kirby · M. P. Sheehy 40/1
  10. 10 Queen Sana silks Queen Sana Fox #2 Ollie Sangster · Billy Loughnane 6/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Campenaerts silks Campenaerts 11/4 🏁 4TH
  2. 2 Queen Sana silks Queen Sana 9/2 10TH
  3. 3 Lamlash Bay silks Lamlash Bay 5/1 6TH
  4. 4 Far Too Fizzy silks Far Too Fizzy 9/2 7TH