McCarthy Construction Mares' Handicap Hurdle Race

15:22 Chepstow Sat 10 Oct 2026 2m3f100y Class 4 Good to Soft 9 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Only One Blue

SPECULATIVE Advised 9/2 Est. 24%

7TH

Mr Fox says

Only One Blue (SR:107, 9/2) drops three class tiers — the most significant class relief in the field — and carries a manageable 11-4, giving her a clear weight-for-SR edge over top-weight Onefournine (SR:113, 12-0). The market has shortened 6% from opening, suggesting quiet but real confidence from connections. Her form string 23324- shows consistent placed efforts and while the dash (last run) is unexplained, the class drop from a higher level where she was placing regularly makes her the most likely beneficiary today. Max Comley's 12% strike rate is modest but the Freddie Mitchell booking at a course where she has placed before adds structure to the case. Each-way alternative: Kosasiempre. Main danger: Kosasiempre — Kosasiempre (SR:116, 5/1) is the highest-rated runner in the field and carries only 11-6, and while the going and distance flags are unknown, Stuart Edmunds runs at a 16% strike rate and the form string 71431- contains a recent win — she is capable of going close if firing on the day.

Verify· #22628

Full result

Winner: Onefournine (IRE) at SP 2/1F. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Onefournine Fox #3 Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill · Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 7/2
2 Kosasiempre Fox #2 Stuart Edmunds · Charlie Hammond 13/2
3 Miss Cynthia Dan Skelton · Harry Skelton 5/1
4 Miss Carbo Neil Mulholland · Bradley Harris(3) 22/1
5 Where's Cato Mrs C. Williams · Adam Wedge 33/1
6 Jammy Jay James Evans · Charlie Deutsch 9/2
7 Only One Blue Fox #1 Max Comley · Freddie Mitchell(3) 5/1
8 Flash Bardot Fox #4 Henrietta C Knight · Brendan Powell 11/2
9 Love Sonnet Tim Vaughan · David Noonan 12/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Only One Blue 9/2 7TH
2 Kosasiempre 5/1 🥈 2ND
3 Onefournine 7/2 SP 2/1F 🏆 WON
4 Flash Bardot 15/2 8TH