← Honest Record · Pick Winner · Mr Fox

Race & Rest - Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap Stakes

20:30 Wolverhampton (AW) Mon 05 Oct 2026 7f36y Class 4 Good 12 runners

View the racecard →

Mr Fox’s call

Powder Monkey silks

Powder Monkey

SPECULATIVE Advised 5/2 Est. 28%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Powder Monkey (SR 90, 5/2) is clearly the highest-rated horse in this field by a meaningful margin — 6 points clear of the next-best group at SR 84 — and carries a very manageable 9-5 despite stepping up one class (ClassMv:↑1). The recent form string 235611 reads right-to-left as back-to-back wins last time out, confirming peak current form. Course record of W1P2 at Wolverhampton AW, proven distance (DistFit:+) and going fit (GoingFit:+) mean all the key boxes are ticked. The 18% market drift from opening is a note of caution, but the class rise is the most likely explanation — the underlying credentials still dominate this field. Each-way alternative: The Dragon King. Main danger: The Dragon King — The Dragon King (SR 84, 13/2) has steamed in 46% in the market, carries a relatively light 9-10, holds course form (W1P1 at Wolverhampton), and the strong market support suggests connections have a clear reason to be confident despite an 88-day absence — though DistFit:- and GoingFit:- are real concerns that cap confidence.

Verify· #21742

Full result

Winner: Charlie's Cannon (IRE) at SP 22/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Charlie's Cannon silks Charlie's Cannon David O'Meara · Sean Levey 22/1
  2. 1 Grow Old With Me silks Grow Old With Me Fox #3 Ralph Beckett · Hector Crouch 15/2
  3. 3 Powder Monkey silks Powder Monkey Fox #1 George Boughey · Billy Loughnane 5/2
  4. 4 Chantelle silks Chantelle Fox #4 Sir Mark Prescott Bt · Jack Gilligan 15/2
  5. 5 Tattie Bogle silks Tattie Bogle Charlie Johnston · Callum Shepherd 18/1
  6. 6 Reciprocated silks Reciprocated David Loughnane · Jack Doughty 40/1
  7. 7 Proud Nation silks Proud Nation Richard & Peter Fahey · Daniel Muscutt 15/2
  8. 8 Alfa Whiteburd silks Alfa Whiteburd Ivan Furtado · Jonny Peate 9/1
  9. 9 The Dragon King silks The Dragon King Fox #2 Robert Cowell · Marco Ghiani 11/2
  10. 10 Padua silks Padua Hughie Morrison · Rob Hornby 9/1
  11. 11 Dublin Bay silks Dublin Bay Ollie Sangster · Darragh Keenan 7/1
  12. — Queue Dos silks Queue Dos J. S. Moore · David Probert -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Powder Monkey silks Powder Monkey 5/2 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 The Dragon King silks The Dragon King 13/2 9TH
  3. 3 Grow Old With Me silks Grow Old With Me 8/1 SP 22/1 🏆 WON
  4. 4 Chantelle silks Chantelle 7/1 🏁 4TH