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14:37 Fontwell Sat 03 Oct 2026 2m1f162y Class 4 Good 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Eben Zaabeel silks

Eben Zaabeel

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/8 Est. 32%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Eben Zaabeel (SR:154, 11/8) is the clear class leader in this field by a significant margin — 7 points above the next-best Anniversary (SR:153) and 11 above Jaycee Reidy (SR:147), with everyone else well below the competitive range. Sean Bowen is a high-calibre booking at 24% career strike rate and 2,372 rides, which adds genuine professional confidence to the ride. The 12% market drift is a concern and worth noting, but in a novice hurdle of this quality the SR advantage is so pronounced that it is hard to see where the winner comes from otherwise. The form line of 0-1 (a win last time, a single below-par run before) is consistent with a horse that needed its first outing and has since found its feet. Each-way alternative: Anniversary. Main danger: Anniversary — Anniversary (SR:153, 3/1) is trained by Philip Hobbs & Johnson White at an 18% strike rate, carries a lighter weight of 11-1 versus Eben Zaabeel's 11-9, and as a 4-year-old dropping one class represents a lightly-raced horse with likely upside that could well be ahead of its current SR on debut over hurdles.

Verify· #21237

Full result

Winner: Anniversary (GB) at SP 5/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Anniversary silks Anniversary Fox #2 Philip Hobbs & Johnson White · Ben Jones 9/4
  2. 2 Eben Zaabeel silks Eben Zaabeel Fox #1 A. J. Martin · Sean Bowen 7/4
  3. 3 Thepassingcyclone silks Thepassingcyclone Dominic Ffrench Davis · Isabelle Ryder(5) 125/1
  4. 4 Down To Business silks Down To Business Dan Skelton · Harry Skelton 10/3
  5. 5 Jaycee Reidy silks Jaycee Reidy Fox #3 Chris Gordon · Tom Cannon 13/2
  6. 6 Alfred Spero silks Alfred Spero Cynthia Woods · Freddie Mitchell(3) 66/1
  7. 7 Lakeview Lass silks Lakeview Lass Jeremy Scott · Lorcan Williams 250/1
  8. 8 Tipu Sultan silks Tipu Sultan Mrs R Ford · Harry Kimber 200/1
  9. — Aquaman silks Aquaman Richard Bandey · Harry Bannister 15/2
  10. — Moscow Star silks Moscow Star Oliver Signy · James Davies -
  11. — Snow Is In The Sky silks Snow Is In The Sky Gary Brown · Richie McLernon 150/1
  12. — Days Of Joy silks Days Of Joy Neil Mulholland · Harriet Tucker(7) 150/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Eben Zaabeel silks Eben Zaabeel 11/8 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Anniversary silks Anniversary 3/1 SP 5/2 🏆 WON
  3. 3 Jaycee Reidy silks Jaycee Reidy 13/2 5TH