Quaff Box Handicap Stakes

20:15 Newcastle (AW) Fri 16 Oct 2026 5f Class 6 Good 11 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Masai Angel

SPECULATIVE Advised 3/1 Est. 28%

7TH

Mr Fox says

Masai Angel (SR:61, 3/1) shares the joint-highest SR in the field alongside Keep The Gold, carries 9-8 which is manageable, and has been backed dramatically — an in-movement of 43% is a very strong money signal in a Class 6 sprint. Richard & Peter Fahey (10% strike rate, 672 runners) book David Nolan (12% career strike rate, 1,480 runners), a noticeably experienced jockey pairing for this level. The form string 430005 shows a recent uptick (finishing 5th last time out) and while DistFit:- and GoingFit:- are concerns, the same flags apply to almost every runner in this field — this race is a poor-form collective, so the SR edge and the weight of market money become the decisive tiebreakers. Each-way alternative: Keep The Gold. Main danger: Keep The Gold — Keep The Gold (SR:61, 11/4) matches Masai Angel on SR, carries 2lb less at 9-6, has Connor Beasley booked (13% career strike rate) — the best jockey in the race by that measure — and is the clear yard #1 for Michael Dods given Zuffolo's 49% drift versus Keep The Gold's absence of a drift signal.

Verify· #23790

Full result

Winner: Tommie's Angel (IRE) at SP 14/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Tommie's Angel Rebecca Menzies · Alfie Redman(7) 18/1
2 Zuffolo Michael Dods · Rhys Elliott(5) 11/1
3 Shatin Venture Linda Perratt · Tom Kiely-Marshall(3) 10/1
4 Pockley Linda Perratt · Alex Jary(3) 18/1
5 Great Success Scott Dixon · Christian Howarth(3) 33/1
6 Falcon Queen R. Mike Smith · James Sullivan 10/1
7 Masai Angel Fox #1 Richard & Peter Fahey · David Nolan 10/3
8 Keep The Gold Fox #2 Michael Dods · Connor Beasley 15/8
9 Powernap Jessica Bedi · William Pyle 11/1
10 Crypto Quest Fox #3 Scott Dixon · Kieran O'Neill 15/2
— Woodhay Whisper Ron Barr · Oliver Carmichael(7) 20/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Masai Angel 3/1 7TH
2 Keep The Gold 11/4 8TH
3 Crypto Quest 8/1 10TH