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15:40 Perth Thu 15 Oct 2026 2m4f20y Class 4 Good to Soft 9 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Minella Marathon silks

Minella Marathon

SPECULATIVE Advised 11/4 Est. 28%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Minella Marathon (SR:113, 11/4) is the second-highest SR in the field, drops a class (ClassMv:↓1), and crucially carries just 11-10 — 6lb less than top-weight Hombre de Guerra and 4lb less than Orderoftheday. The 18% market support (Mkt:in18%) is a strong positive signal in a race where several rivals are drifting sharply. Dan Skelton (22% strike rate, 2609 runners) and Harry Skelton (27%, 1682 runners) represent the strongest trainer-jockey combination on the card by a distance, and a drop in class after 271 days off suggests connections are confident this is the right target. The 271-day absence is the one concern, but the Skelton operation rarely runs horses cold without strong home signals. Each-way alternative: Moyganny Phil. Main danger: Orderoftheday — Orderoftheday (SR:117, 3/1) is the highest-rated horse in the field and holds a class drop advantage, but the 20% drift is a genuine concern — Sean Bowen and Olly Murphy are a formidable combination and a drop in class after a last-time-out win off a mark only 2lb higher than that victory means if the market is wrong, this is the one most capable of winning.

Verify· #23524

Full result

Winner: Tanking Along (IRE) at SP 4/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Tanking Along silks Tanking Along Patrick Neville · Brian Hughes 11/2
  2. 2 Minella Marathon silks Minella Marathon Fox #1 Dan Skelton · Harry Skelton 11/4
  3. 3 Moyganny Phil silks Moyganny Phil Fox #3 Olly Murphy · Robert Dunne 4/1
  4. 4 Hombre de Guerra silks Hombre de Guerra Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Patrick Wadge 9/1
  5. 5 Orderoftheday silks Orderoftheday Fox #2 Olly Murphy · Sean Bowen 3/1
  6. 6 Bridge Court silks Bridge Court Fox #4 Sandy Thomson · Danny McMenamin 15/2
  7. 7 Heads Or Harps silks Heads Or Harps Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Derek Fox 28/1
  8. — Lermoos Legend silks Lermoos Legend Mickey Bowen · James Bowen 14/1
  9. — Tommys Law silks Tommys Law Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Gregor Walkingshaw(10) 25/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Minella Marathon silks Minella Marathon 11/4 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Orderoftheday silks Orderoftheday 3/1 5TH
  3. 3 Moyganny Phil silks Moyganny Phil 13/2 🥉 3RD
  4. 4 Bridge Court silks Bridge Court 11/1 6TH