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Set Your Limits With Unibet Handicap Stakes (London Stayers Series Qualifier)

20:00 Kempton (AW) Wed 07 Oct 2026 1m7f218y Class 5 Good to Soft 9 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Desert Belle silks

Desert Belle

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/4 Est. 32%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Desert Belle (SR:78, 11/4) holds the highest Saturday Rating in the field by a clear margin over Last Flight (SR:74) and Luan (SR:69), and carries a favourable 9-7 — the lightest weight among the senior horses and a significant 8lb advantage over top-weight Gemmari. Sir Mark Prescott (19% strike rate, 726 career runners) is the standout training operation in this field, and a 6% market move inward signals quiet stable confidence. The form string 432224 shows consistent placing without a win, which is a Prescott hallmark for horses being readied for a specific target — a Class 5 London Stayers qualifier at a track where she has shown twice (Course:W0P2) fits that pattern precisely. The step down one class (ClassMv:↓1) from a 3-year-old adds further encouragement that the connections believe this is a winnable opportunity. Each-way alternative: Last Flight. Main danger: Last Flight — Last Flight (SR:74, 10/3) carries just 8-13 — a 8lb weight concession from Desert Belle — arrives on the back of back-to-back wins (Form:753311) and is the freshest improver in the field, meaning the form may not yet be fully caught up with the mark despite the MarkMv:+4 step up.

Verify· #22078

Full result

Winner: Benvoy (IRE) at SP 17/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Benvoy silks Benvoy Jo Davis · Robert Havlin 7/1
  2. 2 Gemmari silks Gemmari Richard Hannon · Sean Levey 10/1
  3. 3 Autumn's Breeze silks Autumn's Breeze Gary & Josh Moore · Finley Marsh 50/1
  4. 4 Now The Eagle silks Now The Eagle Fox #4 Luke Dace · Jack Dace(5) 17/2
  5. 5 Desert Belle silks Desert Belle Fox #1 Sir Mark Prescott Bt · Luke Morris 9/4
  6. 6 Last Flight silks Last Flight Fox #2 James Horton · Daniel Muscutt 10/3
  7. 7 Vilaine Verlaine silks Vilaine Verlaine Mark Usher · Dougie Costello 22/1
  8. 8 Luan silks Luan Fox #3 Nick Scholfield · Billy Loughnane 11/2
  9. 9 Virtue Diligence silks Virtue Diligence Amanda Perrett · Rob Hornby 11/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Desert Belle silks Desert Belle 11/4 5TH
  2. 2 Last Flight silks Last Flight 10/3 6TH
  3. 3 Luan silks Luan 4/1 8TH
  4. 4 Now The Eagle silks Now The Eagle 7/1 🏁 4TH