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Wasdell Group Novices' Hurdle Race (Div I) (GBB Race)

13:22 Chepstow Fri 09 Oct 2026 2m16y Class 4 Good to Soft 10 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Cooltobecareless silks

Cooltobecareless

SPECULATIVE Advised 10/11 SP 1/1F Est. 35%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Cooltobecareless (SR:158, 10/11) is the clear class benchmark in this field — a full 6 points above Herbies Sock and Lady Bam, and 16 above the next grouping. Dropping three class tiers (ClassMv:↓3) is a significant advantage, and the 11-0 weight is lenient given that ability level. Harry Skelton's booking (26% strike rate, 1658 career rides) confirms this is the yard's primary runner over stablemate Goliath Flight, who carries a weak jockey booking and has drifted 42%. The mild 6% drift from the market is worth noting, but GoingFit:? (insufficient sample on good-to-soft) is the main risk — the strong DistFit:+ and a course place (W0P1) at Chepstow provide meaningful compensating evidence. Each-way alternative: King's Scholar. Main danger: Lady Bam — Lady Bam (SR:152, 11/1) has steamed in 32% in the market — by far the strongest positive market move in the field — and at 10-7 carries 7lb less than Cooltobecareless, a meaningful weight advantage if the favourite's GoingFit:? proves costly on the day.

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Full result

Winner: Cooltobecareless (IRE) at SP 1/1F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Cooltobecareless silks Cooltobecareless Fox #1 Dan Skelton · Harry Skelton 13/8
  2. 2 Herbies Sock silks Herbies Sock Fox #2 Tom Lacey · Stan Sheppard 3/1
  3. 3 Kind Intention silks Kind Intention Tom Symonds · Ben Poste 10/1
  4. 4 King's Scholar silks King's Scholar Fox #4 Olly Murphy · Tom Hutsby(10) 15/8
  5. 5 Poets Pearl silks Poets Pearl Harry Derham · Paul O'Brien 80/1
  6. 6 No Hard Feelings silks No Hard Feelings Matt Sheppard · Gavin Sheehan 66/1
  7. 7 Goliath Flight silks Goliath Flight Dan Skelton · Charlie Todd 33/1
  8. 8 Lady Bam silks Lady Bam Fox #3 Tom Ellis · Jack Andrews 11/1
  9. 9 Teletime silks Teletime Neil Mulholland · Richie McLernon 250/1
  10. 10 Jubilee Jack silks Jubilee Jack Harriet Dickin · Tabitha Worsley 250/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Cooltobecareless silks Cooltobecareless 10/11 SP 1/1F 🏆 WON
  2. 2 Herbies Sock silks Herbies Sock 13/2 🥈 2ND
  3. 3 Lady Bam silks Lady Bam 11/1 8TH
  4. 4 King's Scholar silks King's Scholar 9/4 🏁 4TH