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Outcider Handicap Stakes

16:38 Ayr Thu 08 Oct 2026 1m0f0y Class 6 Heavy 14 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Blufferonthebus silks

Blufferonthebus

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/2 Est. 22%

9TH

Mr Fox says

Blufferonthebus (SR:63, 11/2) is joint-top rated in the field and is the standout case on multi-signal alignment: GoingFit:+ confirms proven ability in heavy conditions — the single most important factor on a saturated Ayr track — and the market has steamed in 19% since opening, suggesting stable confidence. Carrying only 9-10 (lighter than the two top-weights above 9-11), he drops slightly in class (ClassMv:=) and is marginally better off at the weights than joint-SR equal Keats House (also 63 but on blinkers first-time at a new course). Jockey Sam James posts a 14% career strike rate across 1,274 rides — reliable professionalism at this level. The recent form 329372 shows consistent competitiveness without a big win, but the going today (heavy) is precisely where this horse has been proven, and the class drop combined with a -2 mark move gives a winnable scenario. Each-way alternative: Penelope's Sister. Main danger: Keats House — Keats House matches Blufferonthebus on SR:63, has also steamed in 20% in the market, drops a class (ClassMv:↓1) with a -2 mark move, and jockey Billy Garritty is reliable at 11% — the blinkers application could unlock improvement if the class drop is the key.

Verify· #22230

Full result

Winner: Ey Up Its Jazz (GB) at SP 17/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Ey Up Its Jazz silks Ey Up Its Jazz Fox #4 Tony Coyle & Kaine Wood · David Nolan 9/1
  2. 2 Keats House silks Keats House Fox #2 Michael & David Easterby · Billy Garritty 4/1
  3. 3 Flying Moonlight silks Flying Moonlight Sandy Thomson · Greg Fairley 11/2
  4. 4 Ravishing Beauty silks Ravishing Beauty Jedd O'Keeffe · P. J. McDonald 12/1
  5. 5 Penelope's Sister silks Penelope's Sister Fox #3 Jim Goldie · Shay Farmer(5) 11/2
  6. 6 Toralou silks Toralou Mark Loughnane · Jack Nicholls(3) 10/1
  7. 7 Evelyn's Phoenix silks Evelyn's Phoenix Tim Easterby · David Allan 14/1
  8. 8 Hear The Drums silks Hear The Drums Richard & Peter Fahey · Oisin Orr 18/1
  9. 9 Blufferonthebus silks Blufferonthebus Fox #1 Craig Lidster · Sam James 11/2
  10. 10 Rory's Gold silks Rory's Gold Simon Waugh · Amie Waugh(3) 15/2
  11. 11 Golden Caviar silks Golden Caviar Ed Dunlop · Hector Crouch 33/1
  12. 12 Gainsbourg silks Gainsbourg Daragh Bourke · Shane Gray 14/1
  13. 13 Scheffler silks Scheffler Adrian Nicholls · Connor Beasley 50/1
  14. — Myrrh silks Myrrh David O'Meara · Mark Winn SP

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Blufferonthebus silks Blufferonthebus 11/2 9TH
  2. 2 Keats House silks Keats House 7/2 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 Penelope's Sister silks Penelope's Sister 6/1 5TH
  4. 4 Ey Up Its Jazz silks Ey Up Its Jazz 9/1 SP 17/2 🏆 WON